Manchester City star Phil Foden has temporarily left England’s Euro 2024 camp and returned to the UK because of a pressing family matter, an FA spokesperson has confirmed, per Fabrizio Romano.
The fleet-footed talisman has not taken England’s campaign by its horns thus far, underwhelming in all three of his nation’s outings thus far.
Foden Has Left England Camp
Will return to the UK for ‘pressing family matter’
Mere hours after England’s dire 0-0 draw with Slovenia, in which Foden played 89 minutes, the Italian has claimed that Foden will not be with his compatriots for the time being.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Romano suggested that the Manchester City star, who is yet to score at this summer’s European Championships, will take a short break from international proceedings to attend to a family matter back in the UK.
“Phil Foden has temporarily left the England camp at Euro 2024 and returned to the UK for a pressing family matter, the FA have confirmed.”
On the back of a Premier Player of the Season-worthy campaign with his employers, Foden has not been at the races thus far, despite being named in Gareth Southgate’s starting line-up for all three group stage outings against Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia.
Many fans and pundits alike have crisiticed Southgate’s usage of the glittering 24-year-old, claiming that stationing him on the left-hand side of a front three reduces his ability to impact proceedings in the final third.
More to follow…