Phil Foden makes huge admission over future beyond Manchester City | OneFootball

Manchester City’s Phil Foden already has plans in mind for life after his playing career, despite having not even entered his peak within the game.

The 25-year-old is looking to bounce back from a disappointing season both personally and collectively last time around, as he works on his own individual game whilst at the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup.

At a first glance, Foden is looking sharper and much closer to his blistering best having scored the club’s first goal of the competition as part of a 2-0 win over Wydad AC in Philadelphia, before featuring for the second-half against Al Ain on Sunday night.

Foden has already won everything available to him in his club career and has also claimed some of the biggest individual prizes on offer too, and re-finding that hunger for more of the same success will go a long way to getting himself back to his very best.

But as part of a new media appearance this week, the Manchester City attacking midfielder looked much further into the future, and revealed to supporters where they could see him after his playing days have concluded.

Speaking during a wide-ranging feature with YouTube and internet personality Still Ryan, City’s star Academy graduate spoke openly about his ambitions beyond the field of play in football.

“One day I want to be a coach and coach the young kids in the Academy,” the 25-year-old admitted.

The Stockport-born playmaker continued, “I just love it really, I just love helping people and making them a better person.”

Phil Foden may have the opportunity to further build on his Manchester City performance levels by returning to the starting line-up as soon as Thursday night, as Pep Guardiola’s players gear up for their final group stage game at the FIFA Club World Cup.

Having secured victories over Wydad AC and Al Ain by scoring eight goals without reply, their goal difference remains narrowly less than their next opponents in Juventus, and as such victory is needed against the Italian side to secure top spot.

That will then set-up a last-16 tie in the United States-hosted competition where their opponents in the next round will be one of either Spain’s Real Madrid, Austria’s RB Salzburg, or Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal.