Manchester City academy head coach Brian Barry-Murphy has detailed how the club plan to utilise three of their brightest youngsters going forward.
City handed a Champions League debut to academy top scorer James McAtee this week, while striker Liam Delap was on the bench after a handful of first-team cameos in February.
If he was fit, Cole Palmer would likely have been involved in the Sporting fixture after being used in the group stages off the bench earlier in the competition. While there are others in the academy who have made the step up to the first team - like Luke Mbete, CJ Egan-Riley, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Romeo Lavia, Sam Edozie and Kayky - the trio of Delap, Palmer and McAtee are the three most senior youngsters at the club.
