Can Phil Foden star again in the new Premier League campaign?

A look at Foden’s potential in the new season.

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00:00And another player who has maybe not hit his full maximum potential on the international

00:07stage this summer, Phil Foden, certainly deserves a mention, but he's shown signs of why he

00:13won the Premier League Player of the Season award and going into this new season you feel

00:16as if he's got another level to take his game to. Obviously we mentioned how he's played

00:22back up to a few City players over the last few years, but it does almost feel like this

00:26is his time to shine for City.

00:30Yeah, I think he knows it as well. He said in an interview last season that he wants

00:37to be the man. You think about what an incredible career Phil Foden's had up to the end, he's

00:46only 24, but he's always played back up to the main stars at City, De Bruyne, Haaland,

00:53David Silva back in the day, Sergio Aguero, even Bernardo Silva. Foden's always felt

00:58like he's fitted in around them. And even the fact that he's played so much of his career

01:01out wide is probably a testament to that as well. But I think we're at the stage now where

01:05Foden is kicking all these other players out of the way and saying, no, no, I am the man.

01:10I single-handedly win football matches. Okay, look, but we're talking after a year or in

01:16the midst of a year or so, after six games, he hasn't scored a goal or had an assist.

01:20I admit that earlier in the tournament, he wasn't brilliant, but I don't necessarily

01:25think that's his fault. I think it was partly the way he was utilised by England and by

01:28Southgate. And you see him playing in that semi-final against the Netherlands, playing

01:33in a kind of a role that suits him. He's just outstanding, certainly in the first half.

01:38Even again, I thought the second half of the system didn't massively suit him a little

01:41bit, but he's just an unbelievable football player who's bringing his standards and his

01:47levels to new heights. And I think it's really interesting going into this season. I mean,

01:51to Broina, I think there's a bigger question about what kind of role he's going to play

01:55next season. But I really think Phil Foden's going to be the man. And I think it's interesting

02:00to see that he's never approached the season as the main star in a team and how he deals

02:05with that sort of pressure. And I think he'll be fine with it. I thought it was interesting

02:08that he said in two interviews during the Euros, he said something along the lines of,

02:13I don't look like the player, I don't look like the best player in the Premier League,

02:16talking about the fact that he was voted the best player in the Premier League last

02:20season. But I thought there was a certain level of arrogance to that. And I mean that

02:23in a good way as well. Shoulders up, real confidence to him as well. And even yesterday

02:32he said after the Netherlands game, something along the lines of, yeah, that was me looking

02:37like the player I am, something along those lines. And he's got real confidence. And I

02:43think it's going to be a huge season for him. And we were just talking about Rodri,

02:46but the two of them, I think Foden's getting into the stage now where we're talking about

02:50him as one of the best players in the world as well. So I think if he can have a big impact

02:55on Sunday's final as well, that will only help with his reputation.