Manchester City might tie down Phil Foden to a 6-year £200,000 per week contract: Reports
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Manchester City forward Phil Foden is set to sign a new bumper six-year contract with the Premier League champions this summer. According to the Daily Star, the 22-year-old’s new contract will pay him a base salary of £200,000 per week, which will be supplemented by team bonuses.
According to the Daily Star, the England international was on the verge of signing a £150,000-a-week contract six months ago but chose to wait until the end of the season to decide his long-term future, which has proven advantageous. With his new contract, the City forward will become one of the club’s highest earners, continuing his story at his boyhood club.
According to reports, the new contract will be for six years, and the extra £50,000 per week will net Foden an extra £15 million over that time. There was never any doubt about Foden’s commitment to City, but he was waiting to see what new signing Erling Haaland would be on before signing a new contract.
City’s new star striker Haaland is thought to be the club’s joint-highest earner, along with Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, on a weekly wage of £400,000 which would have been more than double Foden’s wages if he had accepted the earlier offer.
Manchester City also have an extremely lucrative bonus scheme that contributes to their players’ wages being much higher than initially thought. Foden’s weekly salary is expected to be in the region of £250,000, depending on his and his team’s performance.
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Phil Foden has had a meteoric rise at Manchester City; joining the Citizens when he was just 7-year-old
Foden has been a member of Man City’s youth system since 2009. The forward made his debut for the club in 2017 during a Champions League match against Feyenoord, replacing Yaya Toure in the 75th minute. Since then, the 22-year-old has made 97 Premier League appearances, scoring 24 goals and assisting on another 13.
The England international will now be tied to his boyhood club for another six years and will almost certainly add to his four Premier League titles, one FA Cup, and four League Cups, an incredible medal haul for a 22-year-old.
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