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Man City’s academy vision
- Updated: December 2, 2016
As Manchester City and Chelsea prepare to face each other in Saturday’s Premier League clash live on Sky Sports, there is already a battle of sorts taking place at youth level.
The young blues from London have been the dominant force in recent years – winning the FA Youth Cup in five out of the last seven seasons, as well as the UEFA Youth League in 2015 and 2016.
But City’s U18s took the national Premier League title in the summer – their first since opening the state-of-the-art City Football Academy in the shadow of the Etihad Stadium in 2014.
Young striker Kelechi Iheanacho is leading by example in Pep Guardiola’s team, and City hope there are many more academy graduates to come.
Youth is at the heart of City’s long-term plan for success, and the CFA was built to supply a production of talent to the first team. Academy director Mark Allen is the man overseeing it all.
“We’re lucky enough to have a fantastic facility,” he …
