Congratulations! Manchester City's crown prince won the Premier League MVP for the first time, and he ran and ran, and finally caught up with his ideal self

Snow Wolf Kanball

2024-05-18 22:54Posted in Guangdong Sports Creators

On May 18, Beijing time, the Premier League officially announced that Manchester City striker Phil Foden won the best player in the Premier League in the 2023/2024 season. It was the 23-year-old's first honour and the second English player to win the Premier League MVP title since Jamie Vardy in 2015/16. At the same time, this is the fifth consecutive season that Manchester City players have won the Premier League MVP.

This season, Phil Foden has played 51 games in all competitions for Manchester City, scoring a big double-double of 25 goals and 11 assists, ranking second in the team in attendance, goals scored and fourth in assists. With De Bruyne out injured for half a season and Haaland also out for February, Philfoden stepped forward to carry the banner of Manchester City's attack, leading the team to maintain strong competitiveness in the third line, and laid the foundation for the impact of the local double. This time, Foden defeated Foden and defeated Haaland, Rice, Odegaard, Palmer, Van Dijk and other 7 competitors, which can be described as full of gold. In the German transfer market, Foden is also worth as much as 130 million euros, which is on par with Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka.

For Foden, the first thing to thank for today's achievements is his mentor Pep Guardiola. But what he should be more grateful for is his hard work.

Born on 28 May 2000, Foden joined Manchester City's academy at the age of 8 and is currently the oldest player in the Manchester City first-team squad in terms of years of service. At Manchester City's academy, Foden has shown his footballing talent, joining Jadon Sancho and Brahin Dias as one of the city's top three academy players. However, in order to seek more playing time, the latter two left the team to join Dortmund and Real Madrid. Jadon Sancho has grown into a European star at Borussia Dortmund, while Dias has also attracted attention because he has been selected by the Galacticos Real Madrid.

At a time when the two friends are full of glory, Foden is silently dormant at Manchester City, relying on the few playing hours to improve himself little by little. Coach Pep Guardiola has been very patient with the Manchester City Academy youngster. He turned down a number of clubs' offers for a purchase or lease and insisted on keeping him at the Etihad. In 2017/18, Foden played just 10 games in all competitions in his debut season for the first team, netting one assist. In 2018/19, Foden recorded seven goals and two assists in 26 games, while Sancho recorded a double-double of 13 goals and 16 assists in 43 games in all competitions. The performance of the two seems to have opened a huge gap.

During this period, Guardiola carefully guided and tweaked Foden, and he repeatedly emphasized in public that Foden is the most talented player he has coached, knowing that Guardiola has single-handedly trained a superstar like Messi, so this is undoubtedly his highest evaluation of Foden. Foden has also lived up to his mentor's expectations, and he has improved significantly step by step as he has grown up with a group of talented players. In the 2020/21 season, Manchester City regained the Premier League title and reached the Champions League final. Foden recorded a double-double of 16 goals and 10 assists in 50 games in all competitions, pushing Raheem Sterling to the bench. Although there is still a certain gap with Sancho's 16 goals and 18 assists in 38 games, it has narrowed infinitely.

In the few seasons since, Foden's performances have become more and more consistent. Sancho, on the other hand, has been underwhelming since joining Manchester United for €85 million in the summer of 2021. It wasn't until he returned to Borussia Dortmund on loan in the winter window this season that he regained a bit of his former form. It is worth mentioning that Sancho was worth 100 million euros at his peak, but after the years of Manchester United, his latest value in the German transfer market is only 25 million euros, less than a fraction of Foden.

He entered the city in August, was promoted to the first team at the age of 17, and won the Premier League MVP at the age of 23. So far, Foden has played 268 games in all competitions for Manchester City, scored 85 goals and provided 52 assists, and won 16 trophies including five Premier Leagues, four League Cups, two FA Cups, two Community Shields, one Champions League, one UEFA Super Cup and one Club World Cup. The former genius boy faded away, showing the demeanor of a general with every move. During his years at the Etihad, he ran and ran, and finally caught up with his ideal self.

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