Phil Foden shocked a number of Manchester Metropolis followers when requested to call his final Premier League XI.
The 23-year-old, who’s within the type of his life this season, has netted 22 objectives in all competitions with Pep Guardiola’s facet making an attempt to change into the primary membership ever to win 4 consecutive prime flight titles in England.
With the enterprise finish of the marketing campaign approaching and the European Championship on the horizon, Foden sat down with Mail Sport Soccer Editor Ian Ladyman to debate his ascendancy to the highest of the game.
Along with discussing the title run-in and detailing why he wears the No 47, Foden additionally named an all-time Premier League XI that raised quite a lot of eyebrows on-line.
Beginning together with his all-important again line, Foden started by naming present Metropolis goalkeeper Ederson, earlier than slotting Kyle Walker in at proper again.
Phil Foden had a couple of surprises in retailer as he instructed Mail Sport his all-time Premier League XI
The Man Metropolis star contemplates after being requested to call his Premier League dream group
The 23-year-old named a handful of present and former Manchester Metropolis stars in his group
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‘I am critical although, I do not see one other proper again,’ he insisted.
Within the coronary heart of defence, Foden positioned Metropolis legend Vincent Kompany alongside his present title rival Virgil van Dijk, with former Arsenal and Chelsea star Ashley Cole rounding out the again 4.
Anchoring the midfield, Foden’s facet featured a four-time Premier League winner, David Silva, paired with former Arsenal talisman Patrick Vieira: ‘I really feel like [Silva] wants that safety, so it is a good steadiness,’ he reasoned.
The midfield pairing left no room for present Metropolis captain Kevin De Bruyne, although Foden did beforehand comment that he had ‘by no means seen something like’ the Belgian on the pitch.
Leaving De Bruyne out of his fantasy XI proved to be a controversial determination amongst Metropolis followers on social media.
One wrote: ‘No KDB Foden must be benched subsequent sport only for this’
One other agreed: ‘Exchange any midfielder with kdb and ederson with any good gk and he is spot on’
Ex-Manchester United stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney each have been named within the XI
An additional fan added: ‘It’s calm people he didn’t put KDB as a result of he was reppin David, it’s all good’
Cristiano Ronaldo was additionally named within the star-studded facet, with Thierry Henry pushed out vast at proper wing to accommodate two centre-forwards.
Spearheading the assault, Sergio Aguero was the seventh Metropolis alumni to be named within the group with Wayne Rooney becoming a member of the Argentinian up entrance.
Foden’s Premier League dream group in full: Ederson; Walker, Kompany, Van Dijk, A. Cole; Ronaldo, Vieira, D. Silva, Henry; Rooney, Aguero
