joao felix shirt “At times, it was like he was from a different planet,” Villa boss Dean Smith said.
Now, comes a fourth successive League Cup final, and another significant milestone in his young career.
With a huge Champions League semi-final against Paris St-Germain to play next week, Pep Guardiola will be giving serious consideration to leaving Fodenout for his starting line-up against Spurs.
Indeed, the City boss has conceded that Europe and the Premier League are his priorities right now.
“We have a mix of contradictions,” he told reporters. “It’s a final we have to winbut we have one eye on the Champions League and one eye on Crystal Palace [in the Premier League].
“The Carabao Cup is nice –we want four, we will play to win the fourth –but PSG and Palace are there.”
Foden’s importance has been underlined by the cheap football shirts for kids way he dragged City to a crucial three points in their midweek league victory over Villa, with Guardiola describing him as a “serious player” because of the way in which he led he inspired his team’s revival after falling a goal behind.