Quizzed on whether a move south could be beneficial to all concerned, ex-Villa striker Cascarino - speaking on behalf of Tonybet, whoseWorld Cup Card Collection campaign can see Canadian customers win up to $150,000 CAD - toldGOAL: “It's a great move if it's one that ignites Phil Foden again.
“Sometimes in your career, you need to have that something that gives you a real lift. You go, ‘right, now I'm going to play first team football’. And I don't think for Phil being an also-ran or in a squad and being a sub, that's like the start of his career at City. That's what he started as, that's what you do as a young player - you start, you earn your stripes, you get into the team, then you might get on as a sub, then you might convince the manager that he's going to start you now and again, then you're a regular.
“Phil Foden's gone the complete opposite way now, hasn't he? A new manager's come in, so that might change. But I think at his age and what he's achieved, I think if Phil Foden had the opportunity to go and play for a club, and a really good club at that, and give him that drive and that hunger again to prove people wrong, I think Phil needs that.
“Look what Phil's done in the last year-and-a-half. City have been successful in the last few years and Phil's ended up losing his place at City, not being in England's squad. So he's got to do something.”