Phil Foden ya bayyana aniyarsa ta ramawa Manchester City aminci da suka nuna masa, yayin da yake maraba da abin da ya kira "sabuwar farawa" a karkashin sabon manaja Enzo Maresca.

Dan wasa mai shekara 26 a tsakiya ya sha wahala a cikin manyan wasanni biyu bayan kamfen dinsa na ban sha'awa na 2023-24, wanda ya ci kwallaye 19, ya lashe kyautar dan wasan shekara ta Professional Footballers' Association, ya kuma taimaka wa City lashe taken Premier League. Tun daga lokacin, ya kai kwallaye 10 kawai a gasar a karo na karshe kuma ya yi wasanni 31 a jere ba tare da zura kwal ɗaya ba ga kulob da ƙasa.

Duk da wannan faduwar, City ta nuna amincinta ga Foden ta hanyar bayar masa sabuwar kwantiragin. Ya rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniya ta shekaru huɗu watan da ya wuce, wanda zai riƙe shi a Etihad Stadium har zuwa 2030.

"Ya sa na ji kwanciyar hankali kuma zan iya mai da hankali kawai kan kasancewa mafi kyawun sigar kaina da ba da gudunmawa ga kulob don amincewa da ni," Foden ya ce. "Lokaci ya yi da zan yi ƙoƙarin ramawa da ba da gudunmawa ga kulob."

Pep Guardiola ne ya ba Foden damar farkon wasansa a tawagar farko tun yana da shekara 17 kawai, kuma tun daga lokacin ya yi wasanni 369 ga City, yana lashe taken Premier League sau shida, UEFA Champions League sau ɗaya, da FA Cup sau biyu. Guardiola ya bar kulob din a ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata, tare da Maresca — wanda ya taɓa aiki a matsayin kocin makarantar City da mataimakin tawagar farko — ana zaɓin sa don maye gurbinsa.

Fuskar da aka sani a kan benci

Foden ya bayyana canjin zuwa tsarin Maresca a matsayin mai sauƙi fiye da yadda ya yi tsammani, yana yaba alaƙarsu ta baya da taimaka wajen sauyin.

"Ya yi ban mamaki amma na san Enzo tun da daɗewa, don haka hakan ma yana taimakawa. Na san shi sosai da abin da ya ke wakilta. Hakan tabbas ya taimaka, samun wannan alaƙa da shi," Foden ya ce.

Maresca ya kuma tuntubi Foden kai tsaye bayan an cire dan wasan daga jerin Thomas Tuchel na England a gasar World Cup ta 2026 — gasar da England ta kai na kusa da na kusa kafin ta sha kashi 2-1 ga Argentina. Foden ya kasance ɗan wasa na farko a wasan karshe na Gasar Kwallon Ƙafa ta Turai ta 2024 wanda England ta yi rashin nasara a gaban Spain.

"Ya tuntube ni jim kaɗan bayan haka don duba ko dai yana da kyau, wanda ya kasance mai kyau sosai a gare shi, ya nuna mu halinsa da mutumin da yake. Yana kulawa da kowa kuma yana son samun kyakkyawar alaƙa da tawagar," Foden ya ce.

Maresca na goyon baya ga Foden don dawo da mafi kyawun aikinsa

Foden ya kuma tabbatar cewa ya warke gaba ɗaya daga rauni na idon sawunsa wanda, tare da matsaloli a wajen filin wasa, ya kawo masa cikas a kakar da ta gabata. Maresca, yana magana kafin wasan abokantaka na pre-season na City da Inter Milan a Hong Kong, ya yi bayani kan muhimmancin Foden ga tawagar.

"Phil yana da muhimmanci sosai, kamar sauran. Da sanin Phil tun shekaru da yawa, na san yadda yake da kyau. Nauyi ne nawa in taimaka masa ya zama Phil da muke son mu duka. Da farko, zama farin ciki da jin daɗin kwallon ƙafa shi ne mafi muhimmanci. Idan ya ji daɗi, zai iya taimaka mana lashe taken," Maresca ya ce.

Da tafiyar Guardiola, kyaftin Bernardo Silva, da mai tsaro John Stones, City tana shiga sabuwar zamani. Duk da haka, Foden, yana magana a taron kaddamar da sabon rigunan waje na Puma na City a Hong Kong, ya kasance da kwarin gwiwa game da kakar da take zuwa.

"Ina tsammanin za mu iya lashe komai, amma babu shakka yana da wahala. Har yanzu muna da wata ƙungiya da ba ta da iyaka," ya ce.