Phil Foden Explains Reasons Behind His ‘Difficult Season‘ for Man City

Phil Foden has addressed what he’s described as a “difficult season”, highlighting off-field struggles as a factor behind his surprisingly poor form for Manchester City.

The last 12 months have rollercoaster for Foden. He finished the 2023–24 club season by winning the sixth Premier League title of his career, scoring 19 times in the league alone, and completing the highly prestigious individual treble of Premier League Player of the Season, FWA Footballer of the Year and PFA Players’ Player of the Year.

But Foden struggled for England at Euro 2024.

His club form then nosediving at the same time as Manchester City’s domestic stranglehold spectacularly unravelled. He has also hardly played over the last six weeks because of a troublesome ankle ligament injury.

“I’ve had a lot of things going on off the pitch mentally. It’s one of them, sometimes there’s things in life that are bigger than football. This season I’ve struggled a little bit,” he said,

“Hopefully come next year I can get my head mentally right, get back where I left the season before, because I know what I’m capable of doing and the quality I have.”

Speaking in January, Foden. That he returned from Euro 2024, during.

Which his position in the England team had frustrated him, feeling “mentally fatigued”. After that, he wasn’t consistently starting City games until November, at which point the club embarked on the kind of losing run that has been unprecedented under the current ownership.

“I know if everything was O.K., I’d definitely โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที be better on the field. Sometimes things happen and you have to deal with it and move on. Unfortunately I’ve had a difficult season,” Foden assessed.