England’s Ace On a £14-a-day angling trip on the border of the Cotswolds, Phil Foden demonstrates he is a reel man of the people.

The £200,000-a-week Man City player turned down exotic locations that his Three Lions team-mates loved to spend five days with his dad hunting carp, catfish, tench, pike and perch.

Phil Foden turned down a big trip overseas for a £14-a-day angling vacation near the Cotswalls.

Phil with his dad at Linear Fisheries in Oxfordshire

The Man City ace with a fine catch

Foden is an avid angler and shares his catches online

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.”

After the Euros ahead of returning the City squad ready for the new season, Foden, 24, was relaxing.

He loves fishing and has flaunted his large catches on Instagram.

Foden started fishing with his dad, Phil Senior, as a boy and said previously: “It’s the perfect hobby to rest your legs and have some down time.

“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.”

From his visits to lakes around the UK and Spain, Foden has posted numerous of his best catches on social media; this was the location of his largest catch thus: a massive 130LB catfish.

Foden did manage to have a holiday in the sunshine before travelling to Germany for the Euros, flying to Marbella in Spain in June with his girlfriend Rebecca Cooke.

During England’s march to the final, Rebecca delivered their third child; Foden returned home to be with her.

The pair already have five-year-old son Ronnie and daughter True, one; they are not yet public with the name of their new arrival.

Foden playing for England during the Euros this summer