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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Raphael Boyd

What is the secret to Wallsend Boys producing so many top-level football players?

Elliot Anderson in his England kit, running after a World Cup football
Manchester City has agreed a deal with Nottingham Forest for England midfielder Elliot Anderson, according to reports. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Not many local football clubs can claim to have produced the most expensive British footballer of the day. Wallsend Boys, a grassroots team in working-class north Tyneside are about to do it for a second time.

With Elliot Anderson on the brink of a deal with Manchester City worth £116m, eclipsing the fee paid by Arsenal for Declan Rice in 2023, another chapter in the history of the club is about to be written.

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