Guardiola: Foden can nonetheless get higher after Participant of the 12 months award

Pep Guardiola thinks Phil Foden can nonetheless get higher, after the 23-year-old successful the Premier League’s Participant of the 12 months.

Foden has been a pivotal a part of Metropolis’s title problem this season, scoring 17 targets and offering eight assists within the top-flight in 2023-24.

It’s the teen’s most prolific scoring season for Metropolis, whereas solely six gamers have bettered Foden’s aim haul within the Premier League.

When requested in regards to the strides that Foden has made this season, main him to the award, Guardiola praised the England worldwide’s affect on the squad.

“Clearly, he makes a step ahead as a soccer participant. By way of minutes or time, however he’s decisive in successful video games,” Guardiola stated.

Our very personal @PhilFoden has been named the 2023/24 @premierleague Participant of the Season!

Congratulations Phil on an unbelievable achievement pic.twitter.com/49HuDocfnd

— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) May 18, 2024

“Perhaps earlier than it was a glimpse of motion, however now it’s constant. That’s the fact, however they nonetheless have a margin. Typically his sport is overexcited, it’s over, and you need to be extra calm as a result of his pleasure he has for himself, however we’ll have query of time, however this season has been actually, actually necessary. Actually, actually necessary.”

Foden has bettered his tally of 11 targets from final season and leads Metropolis’s squad for probabilities created this marketing campaign with 68.

“He’s transferring ahead, however I had the sensation he may be higher, and I feel he can do it as a result of I’ve stated many instances, that he loves soccer,” Guardiola added.

“He enjoys being on the pitch, and I feel the sensation doesn’t like when you have got the time without work.

“He likes to be within the coaching session doing much less or extra and I had the sensation it nonetheless may be higher.”

Manchester Metropolis can win a fourth-consecutive Premier League title on Sunday in opposition to West Ham, if they will match or higher Arsenal’s outcome.