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Friday, December 20, 2013

The Princes And The Paupers


The Bulls are now the lowest ranked side left in the FA Youth Cup - and now they face the richest.

Manchester City's youth side sits on top of the u18 Premier League, having won their last nine matches including last night's 4-0 defeat of Doncaster in their first FA Youth Cup match of the season.

Among the goalscorers last night was French u16 international Thierry Ambrose, taken from Auxerre's academy side in the summer. The 16 year old is one of a number of the team to also feature in the UEFA Youth League, taking on the likes of Bayern Munich this season.

Also on the list of European imports is Portugese youth international winger Jorge Intima, Spanish u17 full back Jose Angel Tasende, and Belgian central defender Mathias Bossaerts who was poached from Anderlecht's Academy.

Barcelona wasn't enough for Spanish u16 man Pablo Maffeo so he joined City, and there are more youth internationals from the likes of Norway and Switzerland as well as half a dozen England u17 and u18 representatives.

Brother, can you spare a dime?