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CITY SEEK LOCAL HERO

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
20 April 2017

DANNY PRYER says Manchester City need to pull out all the stops to bring ‘one of their own’ through the ranks…

DANNY PRYER
MANCHESTER CITY

DESPITE the amount of star names Manchester City have purchased over recent years, nothing could buy them local pride.
Since the Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008, they’ve had the financial calibre to swan into any club and open up the chequebook to demand the biggest and the best player at virtually any outfit in world football.
But whilst scouting the ready-made players, an academy has been set up for £200m across the way fro...

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