Pep Guardiola makes Phil Foden transfer demand after recovering from Man City struggles

Phil Foden’s 5 goals successful his past 3 Premier League games corroborate helium is backmost to his best, with Pep Guardiola heaping praise connected the Manchester City and England midfielder

Phil Foden reached a period of vocation goals and near Manchester City messiah Pep Guardiola purring: “I anticipation helium becomes a one-club man.”

The England midfielder’s 2 goals fired City’s six-shooters backmost into the apical 4 and took him to 100 for nine and country. As City warmed up for Wednesday’s important Champions League necktie against Paris Saint-Germain with a rout astatine Portman Road, Guardiola warned: “We are backmost to doing things that specify this squad for 10 years.”

Foden’s 5 goals successful his past 3 Premier League games corroborate helium is backmost to his best, with Guardiola saying: “The biggest prime for Phil is astir the box. He has the extremity successful his blood, successful his bones, successful his caput - 'I americium going to score'.

“I person said galore times helium volition improve. Of people determination is cipher who desires much than maine for him to beryllium a one-club man, decorativeness his vocation present and play many, galore years due to the fact that what we person present is an unthinkable City fan.

“At his property the magnitude of games, the magnitude of goals, the magnitude of assists, the magnitude of enactment ethic (is incredible). We talked galore times successful the past month, helium is simply a wholly antithetic lad from the 1 astatine the opening of the play and struggled with problems due to the fact that players are quality beings.

“Sometimes erstwhile you person long, agelong careers you person setbacks. We are truly pleased that he's blessed again and enjoying playing. That is truly bully for each of us. When he’s smiling each time it’s 2 goals.”

City climbed backmost into the apical 4 for the archetypal clip since November 30 and Guardiola added: “I’m truly pleased for the 3 points and to ascent into qualification for the Champions League for adjacent play - that volition beryllium truthful tough

“Maybe it’s not our champion but it’s person with the consistency we person successful our game. The players cognize the standards and they cognize what they person done successful the past. it's not astir winning oregon losing. You person to bask it.

“It doesn't substance if you are a nonrecreational oregon an amateur. You tin beryllium successful the champion theatre successful London oregon a theatre successful Sheffield and the ones successful Sheffield volition emotion it and travel backmost smiling.”

Foden claimed City’s procession astatine Portman Road was “probably our champion this season, successful presumption of all-round play” and added: "We are gathering momentum, keeping players acceptable is important.

“I enactment it down to radical being successful amended signifier and the squad is bonding better. It is bully to spot maine backmost scoring goals with a grin connected my look and enjoying football. I privation to support going and adding to that. You ne'er cognize what tin happen. The purpose is to enactment successful the apical four.”

Ipswich brag Kieran McKenna admitted: “It was a achy crippled - City’s prime was excessively beardown for america successful each aspects. But contiguous wasn’t conscionable astir the spread from the Championship to the Premier League. They person done that to immoderate of the champion teams successful the Premier League and top-class teams successful Europe.”

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