{"id":1110229,"date":"2019-10-10T12:43:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T11:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1110229"},"modified":"2019-10-10T12:43:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T11:43:02","slug":"guardiola-man-city-foden-magician-succeed-silva","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/guardiola-man-city-foden-magician-succeed-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola says Man City wouldn&#8217;t sell Foden for \u20ac500m as he tips &#8220;magician&#8221; to succeed Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pep Guardiola has earmarked Phil Foden to step up when David Silva departs Manchester City at the end of the campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The highly-regarded teenager has played just 10 minutes of Premier League football this season, but Guardiola says it would take an offer in excess of \u20ac500m to tempt City into letting him leave.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Will Foden succeed Silva? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Foden is one of the England&#8217;s most promising youngsters, featuring 26 times for City last season.<\/li>\n<li>However, this term Foden has found playing time hard to come by, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/guardiola-sympathy-foden-lack-of-man-city-minutes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardiola expressing his sympathy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>David Silva is set to leave Man City at the end of the season after spending a decade at the club.<\/li>\n<li>Similar in stature and playing style, many have backed Foden to succeed Silva.<\/li>\n<li>And Guardiola has now echoed those views, describing the teenager as a &#8220;magician&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7383312-alisson-is-the-golden-middle-of-the-goalkeeper-venn-diagram\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Such is the rich pool of international talent at Guardiola&#8217;s disposal, Foden has had to wait in the wings and bide his time, prompting the Catalan coach to apologise to his starlet for a lack of minutes.<\/p>\n<p>However, with Silva set to leave the Etihad at the end of the campaign, Guardiola has now backed the academy graduate to follow in the Spaniard&#8217;s fabled footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>In the book \u2018Pep\u2019s City: The Making of a Superteam\u2019, which is currently being serialised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/10102684\/phil-foden-man-city-pep-guardiola-never-sell-500m-euros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun<\/a>, Guardiola is reported as saying: &#8220;We didn\u2019t give Foden a new contract by accident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is the only player that can\u2019t be sold under any circumstances \u2014 the only one. Not even for 500m euros.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Phil\u2019s going nowhere \u2014 Phil is City. We won\u2019t be signing anyone else for that position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When David Silva leaves, we know exactly who our new magician will be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bruno Fernandes, Harry Kane, Son Heung Min (\u1109\u1169\u11ab\u1112\u1173\u11bc\u1106\u1175\u11ab) Transfer News w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C4WkKNTypNk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;One of the Premier League\u2019s best&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>During his tenure in the North West, Guardiola has seen a number of academy stars slip through City&#8217;s grasp as they looked for more prominent roles elsewhere, notably Jadon Sancho and Brahim Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>Eager to avoid that happening with Foden, Guardiola has expressed a fervent desire for the talented tyro to continue his development under his tutelage, while assuring him of guaranteed first-team football down the line.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;He\u2019s grown up with us. He\u2019s one of us and he\u2019s going to be brilliant \u2014 one of the Premier League\u2019s best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing is clear, Foden has a place in City\u2019s first team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be interested to see if a different manager would have given him his chance to develop, or loaned him out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like leaving him out of certain games but must think of the whole squad. Phil understands that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola has earmarked Phil Foden to step up when David Silva departs Manchester City at the end of the campaign. The highly-regarded teenager has played just 10 minutes of Premier League football this season, but Guardiola says it would take an offer in excess of \u20ac500m to tempt City into letting him leave. 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