"I've never seen anyone as mature as Bellingham at his age"

Phil Foden is one of the big names this season. The England striker, who plays for Manchester City, wants to finish his campaign with a double, before pulling on the England shirt and trying to win the European Championship. Alongside him in Germany will be Jude Bellingham, who has spoken highly of.

"I feel Bellingham has a gift from God with his physique. We really need him at his best to be able to win the European Championship. I've never seen anyone so mature for his age," Foden told the 'Daily Mail'.

Another of the other names Foden spoke of was David Silva, a legend at the Etihad Stadium. "I just loved him, what a player. I had to become an adult at a very young age. I had to listen to a lot of people saying a lot of different things. That I wasn't playing enough, that I should go out on loan. I mean I had Kevin de Bruyne and Silva ahead of me back then. I knew I didn't deserve to play," he said.

Foden has been the only one of his large brood to finally stay with Manchester City: "In my head I just wanted to make my debut for the club and be able to say I'd made it. But once I did, I thought I could play here. Now I'm at that stage where I feel like a key player for the team, I feel very comfortable with that."

One of Man City's great rivals in recent years has been Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, who will leave the Reds at the end of the season: "It's a shame he's leaving. He has been brilliant. Facing his team is not nice, but I think it's good for the game. He has changed Liverpool and it will be sad to see him go. I always want to play against the best."

Another topic he discussed was why he wears 47 on his back. "They sent me some numbers and none of them meant anything to me apart from that, 47. That was the age my grandfather was when he died. I was young when we lost him. I remember going to Wales with him. My dad says he loved playing football with me. I asked my dad if he would be happy if I wore that number. He said it would be great, so I took the 47 and I've loved it ever since," he said.