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Nathan Bliss

The Man City youngsters with the highest potential according to Football Manager

Manchester City have one of the best academies in world football right now, with world-class facilities and coaches and it's surely not going to be long until we see a few of these talented youngsters breaking into the City first team.

City fans have already had a glimpse of this talented group, with Eric Garcia, Tommy Doyle, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Felix Nmecha and Adria Bernabe already featuring for the first team over the last few seasons.

There are also some outstanding youth prospects out on loan around the world, in Scotland, Spain, Belgium, Holland and the EFL Championship too.

If you're thinking of a starting a Football Manager 2020 save, and it's your dream to to bring young players through the academy and into the first team, City is a great team to start with, if you can handle the pressure of delivering titles ever season!

So, who are the best prospects at City right now?

And, who has the most potential?

We used popular football management simulation game Football Manager 2020 to find out.

On Football Manager, current ability is given as a value out of 200, so the closer to 200 your current ability is, the better the player is overall, and the same applies to potential ability on the game.

All players' ages are shown as of the start of the 2019/20 season, which is 24th June 2019 on FM20.

Here are City's best prospects right now according to FM20.

Daniel Arzani (on loan at Celtic)

Age: 20

Positions: AMR/AMC/ST

Current ability: 120/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160/200)

Can become as good as: Mateo Kovacic (160)

(Football Manager 2020)

Ante Palaversa (on loan at FV Oostende)

Ante Palaversa competing for Croatia U19s (Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images)

Age: 19

Positions: DM/CM/LM

Current ability: 114/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160/200)

Can become as good as: Frenkie De Jong (160)

(Football Manager 2020)

 

Arijanet Muric (on loan at Nottingham Forest)

Age: 20

Positions: GK

Current ability: 125/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160/200)

Can become as good as: Samir Handanovic (160)

(Football Manager 2020)

 

Felix Nmecha 

Age: 18

Positions: CM/AMC

Current ability: 103/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Bruno Fernandes (160)

(Football Manager 2020)

 

Eric Garcia

Age: 18

Positions: CB

Current ability: 110/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become better than: Diego Godin (160)

(Football Manager 2020)

 

 

Tommy Doyle

Age: 17

Positions: DM/CM

Current ability: 90/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Ilkay Gundogan (160)

(Football Manager 2020)

 

 

 

Jayden Braaf

Age: 16

Positions: AML/AMR

Current ability: 98/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Jose Callejon (158)

(Football Manager 2020)

 

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Age: 17

Positions: CB

Current ability: 95/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Samuel Umtiti (159)

(Football Manager 2020)

 

Ben Knight

(Getty Images)

Age: 17

Positions: AMC/AMR

Current ability: 78/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Axel Witsel (159)

(Football Manager 2020)

 

Oscar Bobb

Age: 15

Positions: RM/AML/AMR

Current ability: 74/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Dries Mertens (158)

(Football Manager 2020)

Finley Burns

(Premier League - https://www.premierleague.com/players/49267/Finley-Burns/overview)

Age: 16

Positions: CB

Current ability: 70/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Stefan de Vrij (158)

(Football Manager 2020)

Liam Delap

Liam Delap of Manchester City (Manchester City FC/Manchester City FC via Getty Images)

Age: 16

Positions: ST

Current ability: 71/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Edin Dzeko (158)

(Football Manager 2020)

James McAtee

Age: 16

Positions: AMR/AMC/AMR

Current ability: 70/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Federico Bernardschi (158)

(Football Manager 2020)

Gavin Bazunu

(gavin_bazunu/Instagram)

Age: 17

Positions: GK

Current ability: 72/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Kepa Arrizabalaga (158)

(Football Manager 2020)

Pedro Porro (on loan at Real Valladolid)

Age: 19

Positions: RB/RWB/CM/RM/AMR

Current ability: 128/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Sergi Roberto (159)

(Football Manager 2020)

Adria Bernabe

(Getty Images)

Age: 18

Positions: CM/AML/AMC

Current ability: 96/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Arthur (159)

(Football Manager 2020)

Felix Correia (on loan at AZ Alkmaar)

Age: 18

Positions: AMR/AMC/AML

Current ability: 100/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Paulo Dybala (168)

(Football Manager 2020)

Claudio Gomes (on loan at PSV)

Gomes battles with Liverpool's Sadio Mane (Photo by Matt McNulty - Manchester City/Manchester City FC via Getty Images)

Age: 19

Positions: DM

Current ability: 95/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Thiago (167)

(Football Manager 2020)

Morgan Rogers

Age: 17

Positions: AMR/AMC/AML/ST

Current ability: 100/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Pierre-Emerck Aubameyang (169)

(Football Manager 2020)

What do you make of this list?

And, who do you think will be the first of this bunch to break into the City first team?

The future certainly looks bright for Manchester City, if these youngsters can live up to their potential.

                                 
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