‘Well deserved’ – Man City fans react as Phil Foden agrees massive new £250k-a-week contract extension through 2028

Manchester City fans have been reacting to a post on Twitter which relays a report that claims the club have reached an agreement in principle with Phil Foden over a massive new contract.

Foden has been at Manchester City since joining their youth academy in 2009 and made his professional debut in 2017.

The City academy graduate is set to pledge the best years of his career to the Manchester club and will do so by signing a six-year deal, according to Football Insider.

The new deal will see the 22-year-old get a big pay rise, which is said to be around £250,000-a-week, with the whole contract worth around £78m in total.

An agreement has been in place for some time, reports Footballer Insider, and it should be finalised by the club soon; which will bring Foden closer in line with the best-paid players at the Etihad, Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne.

Foden has made 179 appearances in total for his boyhood club, with an impressive record of 48 goals and 35 assists, and has already accumulated a total of four Premier League medals at the age of 22.

At the end of the alleged deal, Foden will still only be 28. So there certainly is a chance for further extensions in the future.

The report shared on Twitter gathered a number of replies from a wide range of Man City supporters.

“Awesome. Well deserved.”
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“Never let go of Foden. Phil is the City.”
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“How many times have Foden agreed new deal till now there is no announcement since 2021. I was hearing he agreed and atleast 6 players extended and still Foden didn’t. Whats going on”
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“This has been going on for two years 🤔”
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“They’ve said this for the past year”
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“Man just needs to sign now. Going on forever he’s losing out on money with such protracted talks.”
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“I think players U23 shouldn’t make more then 90k, that much money can just make players lazy, why play at 100% when you get 250k anyway, there should be a cap on what you can pay.”
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