Jamie Carragher believes Phil Foden may be the most naturally talented player England have at their disposal.
Ahead of Manchester City’s 3-1 win against Brentford, Pep Guardiola also described the 23-year-old as a “special talent.”
Recently, Micah Richards also claimed that the treble-winner is gifted to an extent that a majority of players cannot even reach his calibre with plenty of hard work and dedication.
Jamie Carragher says Phil Foden is England’s most naturally talented player
In December, Joleon Lescott went as far as to state that aside from his outstanding talent, Phil Foden also possesses a natural desire to win in the same vein as Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney did.
Nedum Onuoha claimed that he would not “necessarily disagree” with the fact that the five-time Premier League winner could be Manchester City’s most technical player.
Now, Jamie Carragher believes Phil Foden may be the most naturally talented English player.
“It’s really interesting what he said there [during his post-match interview with Sky Sports] about playing centrally and I must say, in terms of natural born talents, you’d probably say there’s no one who can really go against up against him, maybe [Jude] Bellingham in the England team”, he said on Sky Sports (via YouTube).
Phil Foden is the most talented English player since Wayne Rooney
In our view, Jamie Carragher is bang on the money about just how unique of a talent Phil Foden is.
It would be fair to claim that since Wayne Rooney, England have not produced a technical phenom like the silky midfielder, who has shown from day one that he has the potential to go down as an all-time great.
Much like Rooney as well, Foden has displayed the intelligence to thrive in a variety of positions, whether that be behind the striker, up top or out wide.
Some may argue that Jude Bellingham is more talented than Phil Foden but the counter-argument to that claim may be that he perhaps has a more special mentality and is more of an athletic anomaly.
While both Bellingham and Foden are top technicians, the latter has the edge over him in this regard.
