Pablo Maffeo

[Gray]

And this is the key. There’s lots on here and many in the sporting media who keep saying that there needs to be a clear path to the first team or kids and their parents will not be opting to go to city. The truth is that the exact opposite is true. They get a first class education, and large numbers of them are going on to be professional footballers, which is what they all want. This academy is a fantastic thing, whether it produces players for city or not.

Yes absolutely spot on, we do not get the credit we deserve.

 

[SilverFox2]

Yes absolutely spot on, we do not get the credit we deserve.

We do however get the financial rewards associated with the cream of our apprentices moving on.
This coupled with an occasional PL candidate saving mega money makes its financial business plan rewarding.

 

[KS55]

Academy: A place of learning.
Edit PS. And the authorities want to limit loans, which is part of the process. YCNMIU.

 

[ell]

Dont watch the Budesliga but they show live football on Etihad these days so watched him in a game in November. He was playing right wing and wearing number 7, I thought he looked decent at fullback but never saw him as a winger (Unlike Angelino). Has he been playing as a winger since joining them?