Foden starred for the u17s at the World Cup playing as an inverting wide right forward, the Mahrez role; most prodigious but diminutive talents start out wide before gradually making the transition inside as they mature - both Silva’s are prime examples. Phil could have doubled his participation this season had Pep put faith in him and Diaz to share that role, rather than spend £60m on Mahrez.
Instead we’re going to lose Diaz, and compromise Foden’s development - having already lost Sancho, it’s going to be a shame to lose 2 of 3 elite young European talents for the sake of Pep vanity signings (the pursuit of Alexis likely contributed to Jadon backdooring it in pursuit of a fairer path to first team football)