City have a head of scouting in most of the major nations now, who have scouts that report into them.
If any player catches the eye, the compile a detailed report on pretty much everything about him to assess everything from his footballing ability to his up bringing.
here are a list of some of the scouts I know the CFG has:-
Chief Scout - Gary Worthington
International Scouting & Recruitment Manager - Rob Newman
International Academy Scouting & Recruitment Manager - Phil Robinson
South American Scouting & Recruitment Manager - Joan Patsy
UK Scouting & Recruitment Manager - Alan Watson
UK Academy Scouting & Recruitment Manager - Joe Shields
Spain & Portugal - David Fernandez
France - John Gannon
Holland & Belgium - Sebastian Arnesen
Italy, Switzerland & Austria - Roberto Fattori (Not sure if still at the club)
Czech Republic & Slovakia - Jan Ricka
Slovenia - Robert Koren
Rep.Of Ireland - Michael Collins
Scandanavia, North & Central America - Khaled El-Ahmad
Argentina, Chile & Uruguay - German Brunati & Pablo Forte
Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia & Venezuela - Carlos Eduardo Alves Santoro
Columbia - Chiqi Londono
Mexico - Oscar Hernan Gil Rincon
I also know of at least 20 regional scouts in the north west, and over 40 uk based regional scouts. as well as a few European regional scouts.
Anyone know any others?