Liverpool wanted him, Manchester United wanted him - but City had captured his heart... even though his dad is a Red: The story behind Stockport's most talented boy
straight to your inboxThe darting, dancing ten-year-old was way too good for Middlesbrough’s kids, scoring four or five goals for Manchester City without breaking sweat.So Blues academy coach Steve Eyre, handling the under-14s on an adjacent pitch, made the bold decision to test the prodigious kid by taking him out of the under-tens – who were leading 10-0 - and chucking him in with his big boys.Boro coach Jamie Pollock – the former City midfielder - and the referees of both games, agreed it was OK, and the tiny Phil Foden trotted across to try his luck with boys who were on the verge of the transition to being men.“We were 1-1 at the drinks break, and Jamie was rubbing his hands at me doing such a thing but 20 minutes later, all the other