England ace On a £14-a-day angling retreat on the borders of the Cotswolds, Phil Foden shows his populist credentials.
The Manchester City midfielder, who earns £200,000 per week, skipped exotic locations popular with his Three Lions teammates to spend five days fishing with his father for carp, catfish, tench, pike, and perch.urious getaway for a tent at a fishing lake in the Cotswolds that costs £14 per day
5Phil Foden snubbed a major trip abroad for a £14-a-day angling holiday on the edge of the Cotswolds
An onlooker at Linear Fisheries in Witney, Oxfordshire, said: “Phil was happy as Larry camping out in a cheap tent,
“He was so down to earth and was just hell-bent on trying to land himself a carp as the lake has some absolutely enormous ones in it.
“While his England pals were living it up in posh hotels next to beaches, the most luxurious thing Phil had on his holiday was a Portaloo.”
Foden, 24, was chilling off after the Euros before returning to the City squad to prepare for the new season.
He is an avid angler who boasts about his great catches on Instagram.
Foden began fishing with his father, Phil Senior, as a child and has previously stated: “It’s the perfect hobby to rest your legs and have some downtime.
“Probably about 95 per cent 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.”
Foden has shared some of his best catches on social media from trips fishing lakes across the UK and Spain, including his biggest catch yet, a 130-pound catfish.
Before heading to Germany for the Euros, Foden took a sun break in June, visiting Marbella, Spain, with his girlfriend Rebecca Cooke.
Rebecca gave birth to their third child when England was preparing for the final, and Foden returned home to be with her.
The couple already has a five-year-old son, Ronnie, and a one-year-old daughter, True, but they have yet to share the name of their latest child.
5Foden playing for England during the Euros this summerCredit: AFP
5The Man City ace with a fine catch