After winning a Premier League title, it’s only natural to pop open the champagne – but for the five-year-old son of Manchester City’s star midfielder Phil Foden the cork proved just a little too tricky.
Photographers caught the moment youngster Ronnie Foden tries – thankfully without success – to join in with the celebrations after Manchester City won an unprecedented fourth Premier League title in a row on Sunday.
The Sky Blues leapt to victory after sweeping aside West Ham in a 3-1 win.
There were wild scenes at the final whistle as jubilant fans stormed the pitch at the Etihad Stadium and flares were let off outside pubs as City won a six league title in seven seasons.
A sensational unbeaten run of 23 games extinguished Arsenal’s hopes of picking up their first Premier League title since the Gunners’ Invincible season in 2003/04 as Mikel Arteta’s side missed out by two points.
Photographers caught the moment little Ronnie Foden, 5, tried to open a champagne bottle as his father, Phil, celebrated with Manchester City teammates following their historic win on Sunday afternoon
Staying put: Despite his best effort, little Ronnie was thankfully unable to pull the cork from the bottle, though he is 13 years shy of the legal drinking age
Ronnie was spotted earlier walking out of the tunnel with dad Phil at the start of the match against West Ham
Phil stands with girlfriend Rebecca Cooke alongside the Premier League trophy, while holding hands with Ronnie and their daughter, True.
While the team hugged each other and waved to the fans in the stadium, little Ronnie, dressed in his Manchester City kit, was down on the pitch trying his best to pull the cork out.
At one point he even pushed the bottle to the ground, but despite his best efforts the cork stayed put – perhaps for the best given that he’s 13 years short of being able to legally drink it.
Ronnie had earlier held his talented dad’s hand as Phil Foden, 23 emerged from the tunnel at the start of the exhilarating match.
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After the final whistle, he was seen again standing proudly next to the winners’ trophy, alongside his England player father, mother Rebecca Cooke and younger sister, True.
Last month, the Manchester City midfielder and his childhood sweetheart announced they are expecting their third child together.
Although aged just five, Ronnie has become something of a social media sensation, gaining a staggering four million Instagram followers – and becoming a millionaire in his own right.
The eldest child of the England footballer also has a talent manager, who lands brand collaborations for the account, which is managed by his parents.
Through his parents, the youngster has partnered with Propel Talent Group, a company that claims to manage ‘the careers of some of the UK’s most sought after talent’, focusing on ‘digital talent.’
While some of the posts on Ronnie’s account are adorable snaps of him on the football pitch with his famous father, others are of the cute youngster on his own, posing in stylish outfits.
Head and shoulders above: Ronnie is a social media sensation with four million followers and a millionaire in his own right – despite being only five
Ronnie is already nearly halfway to catching up to his father’s 9.6 million Instagram followers
Ronnie’s account, which is verified on Instagram, shows the stylish youngster posing in photos with a number of brands
The account, which is verified on Instagram, shows Ronnie posing in photos with a number of brands tagged including ethical clothing brand Little Bird and Manchester-based shop The Couture Club.
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Instagram accounts with more than one million followers are considered ‘mega-influencers’ and can earn upwards of £10,000 per post for a collaboration, while big celebrity accounts can earn upwards of £1 million, according to Influencer Marketing Hub.
Ronnie’s parents set up the account after a meme of the little one went viral with him dubbed ‘El Wey’ or ‘The Dude’ following Manchester City’s Champions League triumph over Inter Milan in Istanbul last June.
He became an unofficial mascot for the team thanks to cute photos of him with his father on the pitch and a selfie with Erling Haaland in the dressing room.
He was on Foden’s shoulders when Jack Grealish led a singalong for Rodri to 90s dance classic Freed from Desire by Gala in a clip that was posted online.
‘His personality has made him who he is. I think he went quite viral after [we] won the Champions League. He just reminds me of myself when I was a kid and he’s very funny,’ Foden previously told Sky Sports News.