Fishing-mad ace Foden moves to sprawling country manor with its own lake

ANGLING-mad England ace Phil Foden has moved to a sprawling country estate with its own fishing lake.

The Man City midfielder, 24, his girlfriend Rebecca Cooke and their three children ­settled into the five-bed, five-bathroom house last month.

It is set in 2.5 acres and Phil has already posted pictures of him and eldest son Ronnie, known as El Wey or The Dude by South American fans, fishing together.

He captioned one: “Late summer nights by the lake.”

A source said: “Everyone knows Phil loves his fishing so it has always been a dream of his to have a home with its own lake so he can fish in peace and quiet and also teach Ronnie the skills he needs to be a successful angler.

“They can set their kit up and leave it while they pop back into the house to get some food, or go to bed and leave it all there for the morning. Phil is loving it.”

Phil and Rebecca also have a daughter True, three, and baby boy Phil Jnr.

The Cheshire property has a one-bedroom cottage next door for his extended family.

Last week The Sun told how Phil plans to take up fishing full-time when he retires from football.

In the summer the England ace showed he was a reel man of the people — on a £14-a-day angling holiday on the edge of the Cotswolds.

The £200,000-a-week Man City star snubbed exotic destinations popular with his Three Lions team-mates to spend five days with his dad fishing for carp, catfish, tench, pike and perch.

An onlooker at Linear Fisheries in Witney, Oxfordshire, said: "Phil was happy as Larry camping out in a cheap tent."