European Football Championship - Offspring expected: England's Foden leaves European Championship camp for the time being
Offensive star Phil Foden has temporarily left England's Euro training camp in Blankenhain. The FA announced this. The 24-year-old is said to have returned to Britain due to "a pressing family matter," according to the brief statement. According to consistent media reports, this concerns the birth of his third child. In April, Foden and his partner Rebecca Cooke announced on Instagram that they were expecting a child.
The Three Lions play their Round of 16 match against Germany on Sunday (6:00 pm CEST). National coach Gareth Southgate hopes that Foden will be able to return by then. So far, he has started in all three games as a left winger for England. The Manchester City professional, however, was not involved in either of England's two goals.
For England's national team and Southgate, a departure during the tournament is not new. At the World Cup in Qatar 2022, Raheem Sterling temporarily left the team because his house had been broken into at home. Sterling missed the Round of 16 match against Senegal and came on as a substitute in the quarter-final against France. After that, England was eliminated.
- Despite Phil Foden's absence from the training camp in Thuringia, Germany, England's national soccer team is still prepared to face their Group C opponents, including Germany, in the European Football Championship.
- Gareth Southgate, the manager of the National soccer team, expressed his hope that Foden will rejoin the team before their Round of 16 match against Germany on Sunday.
- The departure of a key player like Foden, who has been a consistent starter for England as a left winger in the soccer tournament, raises some concerns for the team's performance, especially with England's past experiences, such as Raheem Sterling's absence during the World Cup in Qatar.
- Raheem Sterling had left the World Cup team earlier due to a family emergency, missing the Round of 16 match against Senegal but rejoining for the quarter-final against France.
- Foden, a Manchester City professional, has been a crucial player for England in the ongoing European Football Championship, but due to a family matter, he had to leave the training camp in Blankenhain, Germany.
- The national soccer team of Great Britain, also known as the Three Lions, has been training in Blankenhain for the European Football Championship, and despite Foden's temporary absence, they continue to prepare for their upcoming matches in Group C.
- With Foden's return to England for a family matter, there is a chance that he may miss England's match against Germany in the Round of 16 of the European Football Championship, scheduled for Sunday at 6:00 pm CEST.
