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MANCHESTER CITY STAR PHIL FODEN HAS OPENED UP ABOUT HIS "FRUSTRATING" SEASON AND HAS REVEALED THAT HE HAS ASKED TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE ENGLAND SQUAD THAT IS SET TO BE ANNOUNCED ON
FRIDAY 17:00, 21 May 2025Updated 17:00, 21 May 2025 Phil Foden has asked to be left out of Thomas Tuchel's England squad to work on his mental health and fitness. Foden has made public
his request just days before Tuchel names his latest Three Lions squad for the upcoming games against Andorra and Senegal. Manchester City midfielder Foden, who has endured a remarkable
drop-off in form this season, revealed he has been struggling for most of the campaign with personal issues and injuries. Foden, 24, last season's PFA Player of the Year and Football
Writers' Footballer of the Year, has scored just 10 goals in 44 games for City this term. He suffered a serious ankle problem in the Manchester derby at the start of April and has been
playing through the pain barrier in the last two months. But Foden feels he needs several weeks out of the game to get physically and mentally sharp again - and has asked Tuchel if he can
sit out England's next two games. READ MORE: Pep Guardiola's Jack Grealish apology, broken promise, telling dressing room secretREAD MORE: Pep Guardiola threatens to QUIT Man City
if bosses refuse request "It's been a frustrating season for me," said Foden. "I've had a lot of things going on off the pitch mentally. It's one of them,
sometimes there's things in life that are bigger than football. Article continues below "This season I've struggled a little bit. Hopefully come next year I can get my head
mentally right and get back where I left off the season before, because I know what I'm capable of doing and the quality I have. "The club have been so supportive, I can't
thank them enough. I know if everything was okay, I'd definitely be better on the field. Sometimes things happen and you have to deal with it and move on. "Obviously it's a
difficult situation for me with the internationals right around the corner. It's something we have to speak about with the club and national team, to see if it's better to rest and
get my ankle fully 100 percent back how I want it. "I just don't know at the moment, it's a conversation to be had and we'll see what happens. I just need a few weeks
off, without playing football, and obviously I can't get it at the moment. It's a bit frustrating to play with niggles like this. "A lot of people don't know what
football players have to go through, and play with. I've had a lot of ankle pain and playing with it in the last couple of months. Some people don't see what we go through."
Article continues below Tuchel names his squad on Friday morning for the World Cup qualifier against Andorra in Barcelona on June 7 and a home friendly with Senegal at the City Ground three
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