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Phil Foden has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester City, committing to the club until 2030. Despite losing his starting position under Pep Guardiola, sources confirm he never considered leaving City.
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Phil Foden contract extension: Did England forward consider Manchester City exit?
Phil Fodenâs desire to stay at Manchester City never wavered despite a difficult start to 2026 wherein he fell out of Pep Guardiolaâs starting plans, as per a new report.
The 25-year-old agreed a fresh four-year contract at the Etihad Stadium this week, keeping him at his boyhood club until the summer of 2030 and ending any uncertainty over his future.
Phil Foden was approaching the final 12 months of his deal and had lost his starting place since the turn of the year, with Rayan Cherki and January signing Antoine Semenyo establishing themselves ahead of him in Cityâs attacking hierarchy.
Phil Foden and Manchester City agree new long-term contract
Despite that, sources close to Foden make clear he gave no thought to leaving the club- his heart was set on staying throughout.
The update is a significant one given the speculation that had begun to surface around Fodenâs future as his contract ticked down â amid interest from and â and his role under Guardiola diminished in the second half of the season.
Phil Foden signed a new contract to reaffirm his commitment to Manchester City, despite recent challenges in his playing time.
The new four-year contract secures Phil Foden's position at Manchester City until 2030, indicating his long-term future with the club.
No, sources close to Foden state he never considered leaving Manchester City despite losing his starting position.
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Those in his circle are unambiguous, however â leaving Manchester City was never a consideration, as cited in a new report by ESPNâs Rob Dawson.
The club he joined as a child, the club at which he has spent his entire career and the club that handed him the platform to won the PFA Playersâ Player of the Year award for the 2023-24 season remained the only destination he wanted to be at, regardless of what was happening on the pitch.
Foden endured a turbulent 2024-25 campaign, admitting to mental and physical struggles in a range of interviews and acknowledging that âsome things are bigger than footballâ in explaining his inconsistency.
He won his place back in Guardiolaâs starting XI in the autumn of 2025 before losing it again from January â a period that raised genuine questions from outside about whether his long-term future lay elsewhere. Those questions, it seems, were never ones Foden was asking himself.
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His new four-year deal ensures that Manchester Cityâs most decorated academy graduate will be at the Etihad Stadium for the foreseeable future â and with a domestic treble still on the line in the final weeks of the season, there may yet be time for Foden to leave his mark on this campaign before it concludes.