Phil Foden is a celebrity for Manchester Metropolis, however he nonetheless opts to put on an unconventional quantity at his boyhood membership.
The Metropolis midfielder, who gained the PFA Gamers’ Participant of the Yr final season, continues to dazzle in his now iconic No.47.
Foden’s 47 is without doubt one of the most recognisable within the top-flightGetty
The England worldwide loved a stellar 23/24 marketing campaign for Metropolis, recording his best-ever goalscoring season within the Premier League.
He has had extra struggles this marketing campaign, nevertheless, he’s began to duplicate his finest kind once more in the beginning of 2025.
Attacking midfielders akin to Foden historically put on No.10.
Nevertheless, Jack Grealish claimed these digits when he swapped Aston Villa for Man Metropolis in the summertime of 2021.
So as a substitute, Foden wears 47 and right here’s why he dons the quantity…
Why does Foden put on quantity 47?
47 was Foden’s first shirt quantity at Metropolis and has worn it since his debut for the Residents in 2017.
And the explanation he has held onto the shirt is extremely heartwarming and poignant.
Foden’s late grandfather Ronnie, handed away when he was simply 47, and the England worldwide makes use of his shirt as a relentless tribute to his grandad.
Foden additionally has a tattoo of the quantity behind his proper ear.
Ronnie was an enormous Metropolis fan his complete life and would undoubtedly be extraordinarily happy with his grandson’s achievements, contemplating he’s simply 24.
Foden continues to be sporting his well-known 47 shirt this seasonAFP
Chatting with the Every day Mail final yr, he defined: “Being a younger participant you don’t have many choices in the case of what you’ll be able to have in your shirt.
“I had a number of numbers despatched to me and none of them actually meant something to me aside from that one, the 47.
“That was the age my grandad was when he died. I used to be younger once we misplaced him. I keep in mind going to Wales with him and on a number of different journeys. My dad says he cherished enjoying soccer with me.
“I requested my dad if he can be pleased if I wore that quantity. He mentioned it will be wonderful so I took the shirt quantity and I’ve cherished it ever since.
“I’ve it tattooed on me now and it’s a shirt I don’t ever see altering. It’s good to make your personal legacy.
“It’s a strange number nobody else will go for so hopefully in years to come when I have finished, 47 at City will be remembered for Phil Foden.”
Foden has had the chance to alter shirts however he determined towards it a number of years in the past.
As soon as it was introduced that Sergio Aguero would depart the Etihad in 2021, the Argentine supplied his quantity ten shirt to the native star.
However Foden turned it down as a result of he wished folks to recollect the quantity 47.
Talking about Aguero’s supply in 2022, he mentioned: “I did give it some thought.
“The ten shirt is such an enormous quantity within the membership, however I simply have a factor with 47.
“I’d like to create my own legacy and keep that number.”
Foden determined towards taking Aguero’s numberGetty
And he’s creating his personal legacy at Man Metropolis, turning into a key cog in Guardiola’s system and starring for a number of seasons.
Foden has scored over 50 Premier League targets, and he continues to be a relentless menace for the reigning champions.
After a gradual begin to the 24/25 marketing campaign as a consequence of accidents and sickness, he’s again within the fold and starring.
A fifth straight top-flight title would make historical past and to realize that sporting the No.47 would imply rather a lot to Foden.
Nevertheless, after Metropolis’s woeful kind on the finish of 2024, it’s wanting unlikely they are going to be difficult on the prime this time round.
Phil Foden is a celebrity for Manchester Metropolis, however he nonetheless opts to put on an unconventional quantity at his boyhood membership.
The Metropolis midfielder, who gained the PFA Gamers’ Participant of the Yr final season, continues to dazzle in his now iconic No.47.
Foden’s 47 is without doubt one of the most recognisable within the top-flightGetty
The England worldwide loved a stellar 23/24 marketing campaign for Metropolis, recording his best-ever goalscoring season within the Premier League.
He has had extra struggles this marketing campaign, nevertheless, he’s began to duplicate his finest kind once more in the beginning of 2025.
Attacking midfielders akin to Foden historically put on No.10.
Nevertheless, Jack Grealish claimed these digits when he swapped Aston Villa for Man Metropolis in the summertime of 2021.
So as a substitute, Foden wears 47 and right here’s why he dons the quantity…
Why does Foden put on quantity 47?
47 was Foden’s first shirt quantity at Metropolis and has worn it since his debut for the Residents in 2017.
And the explanation he has held onto the shirt is extremely heartwarming and poignant.
Foden’s late grandfather Ronnie, handed away when he was simply 47, and the England worldwide makes use of his shirt as a relentless tribute to his grandad.
Foden additionally has a tattoo of the quantity behind his proper ear.
Ronnie was an enormous Metropolis fan his complete life and would undoubtedly be extraordinarily happy with his grandson’s achievements, contemplating he’s simply 24.
Foden continues to be sporting his well-known 47 shirt this seasonAFP
Chatting with the Every day Mail final yr, he defined: “Being a younger participant you don’t have many choices in the case of what you’ll be able to have in your shirt.
“I had a number of numbers despatched to me and none of them actually meant something to me aside from that one, the 47.
“That was the age my grandad was when he died. I used to be younger once we misplaced him. I keep in mind going to Wales with him and on a number of different journeys. My dad says he cherished enjoying soccer with me.
“I requested my dad if he can be pleased if I wore that quantity. He mentioned it will be wonderful so I took the shirt quantity and I’ve cherished it ever since.
“I’ve it tattooed on me now and it’s a shirt I don’t ever see altering. It’s good to make your personal legacy.
“It’s a strange number nobody else will go for so hopefully in years to come when I have finished, 47 at City will be remembered for Phil Foden.”
Foden has had the chance to alter shirts however he determined towards it a number of years in the past.
As soon as it was introduced that Sergio Aguero would depart the Etihad in 2021, the Argentine supplied his quantity ten shirt to the native star.
However Foden turned it down as a result of he wished folks to recollect the quantity 47.
Talking about Aguero’s supply in 2022, he mentioned: “I did give it some thought.
“The ten shirt is such an enormous quantity within the membership, however I simply have a factor with 47.
“I’d like to create my own legacy and keep that number.”
Foden determined towards taking Aguero’s numberGetty
And he’s creating his personal legacy at Man Metropolis, turning into a key cog in Guardiola’s system and starring for a number of seasons.
Foden has scored over 50 Premier League targets, and he continues to be a relentless menace for the reigning champions.
After a gradual begin to the 24/25 marketing campaign as a consequence of accidents and sickness, he’s again within the fold and starring.
A fifth straight top-flight title would make historical past and to realize that sporting the No.47 would imply rather a lot to Foden.
Nevertheless, after Metropolis’s woeful kind on the finish of 2024, it’s wanting unlikely they are going to be difficult on the prime this time round. Learn Extra