Manchester City take on Leeds in the FA Youth Cup final and the young Blues can find inspiration all over Europe
As Manchester City youngsters prepare for the FA Youth Cup final on Friday, they don't need to look far for inspiration.
In the City team that night was Jadon Sancho, a recruit from Watford's academy tipped for big things until he disagreed with the club over his future and was sold to Dortmund in 2017. Sancho struggled with a big-money move to United, yet has had one of the most successful seasons out of anyone that started it at Old Trafford as he made the Champions League final on Tuesday night back on loan at Dortmund.
The pair now await the winners of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich from the second semi-final, and Real contain another member of the losing City side from 2016 in Brahim Diaz. Brahim earned a big-money move to Real in 2019 after feeling that his opportunities in Manchester were limited, but had to earn his place at the Bernabeu with three seasons on loan at AC Milan.
The ultimate ambition of the academy is to serve the City first team, and Foden remains the prime example of what can be achieved with the right talent in the right environment. Rico Lewis is another to have made the leap up to Guardiola's first team squad and stayed there, while Cole Palmer had the option to when he felt that Chelsea were the better pick last summer.
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