Phil Foden reveals surprise plans for life after football as Man City star outlines career change

There will, however, come a day when Foden has to hang up his boots – with his plan being to spend more time enjoying a hobby that few of his fellow footballers have taken up. He has told Korda TV’s YouTube channel: “This is me when I retire. A vlog for fishing. When I was around five, my old man would always take me and I have loved it ever since. I was just catching whatever really, the smaller fish, then the more times I did it I got into catching the bigger fish, the carp. I go to my local places and catch whatever. It’s the buzz — whatever fishing I am doing I enjoy. At the Euros training camp we had lakes on the golf course. I would get the rod out and catch a few carp.”

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    Foden added on his somewhat surprising pastime: “Probably about 95% of the football lads don’t enjoy it. The odd one likes fishing, so when people find out they say: ‘what a weird sport to enjoy’. They don’t understand why you enjoy it. Obviously, they need to go and try it. I think it’s the perfect hobby to rest your legs and have some down time.”

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    While few have followed Foden’s lead when it comes to picking up a rod and casting off, some big names from the footballing world have admitted to being partial to the odd spot of fishing down the years – with that list including Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, John Terry and Sergio Aguero.