Foden, 18, buys new £2m pad ... with his mum

MANCHESTER CITY’S Phil Foden has set up his future in the area by buying a new house, thought to be worth around £2million, for himself and his family, Sportsmail can reveal. The 18-year-old’s parents, Phil and Claire, are thought to have been involved in choosing the house and he is determined to keep the close-knit family together despite his emergence as one of City and England’s outstanding talents. The family are not wealthy, though Foden’s success has allowed them to move from Edgeley, a modest Stockport suburb, to Bramhall in affluent south Manchester to be close to the independent school Foden has been put through by City. The move is likely to change little for the midfielder, who has always lived at home, doesn’t drink and doesn’t yet drive. He takes cash, rather than cards, on nights out and is understood to have taken out a substantial mortgage on the new house. Foden (right) is thought to have no desire whatsoever for a loan move away from his home town club — despite Jadon Sancho, who is just two months older than him, getting an England senior call-up yesterday having left City for Borussia Dortmund. Foden’s close relationship with his parents — he still goes fishing with his father — makes him more suited to continuing his development close to home. There have been no developments on a new contract for Foden, though he and his parents are happy with the way he is developing under the tutelage of City manager Pep Guardiola. A relatively compact, technical player in the Guardiola mould, Foden’s family and team of advisers do not believe he would find the same opportunity for development anywhere else. Foden was given personal encouragement by manager Guardiola after his commanding display and first goal for the club in the Carabao Cup win at Oxford last week. Guardiola said immediately after the game that he envisaged working with the teenager for a decade at City. The Catalan cautioned against putting too much pressure on Foden, after his display led opposition manager Karl Robinson to compare him to legendary Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta. ‘Andres is a big, big word,’ Guardiola said. ‘I am not going to say he can become Andres Iniesta because it puts a lot of pressure on him.’