Manchester City's bosses wanted to connect their first team and academy sides from 'day one', and this season has shown how effective the club have been in achieving that ambition.
Reflecting on another successful year at City, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has praised the club's academy for their latest successes which has seen both the under-18 and under-21 sides win their national divisions for the third year running. Add that to the three Premier League titles in a row for the first team, Al Mubarak hailed the 'triple treble' and the work that has gone in behind the scenes to make that happen.
As well as the conveyor belt of trophies being collected by the academy, the chairman also had high praise for youngster Rico Lewis, who broke into the first team this season and earned praise from Pep Guardiola for transforming the fortunes of City midway through the campaign.
