El Manchester City invierte 500.000 libras en un joven prodigio de 14 años del Burnley, que aspira a unirse a Phil Foden y Cole Palmer para graduarse en la academia Etihad.

Manchester City are all set to splash a whopping £500,000 to sign 14-year-old wonderkid from Burnley. The teenage sensation, who has already appeared for The Clarets' academy, is now all set to join City's youth system, which has produced some of the top talents in the Premier League in recent years, like Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Rico Lewis.

  • Man City set to sign sensación
  • City ready to splash a whopping £500,000
  • Will walk in footsteps of Foden and Palmer

El Manchester City invierte 500.000 libras en un joven prodigio de 14 años del Burnley, que aspira a unirse a Phil Foden y Cole Palmer para graduarse en la academia Etihad.El Manchester City invierte 500.000 libras en un joven prodigio de 14 años del Burnley, que aspira a unirse a Phil Foden y Cole Palmer para graduarse en la academia Etihad.El Manchester City invierte 500.000 libras en un joven prodigio de 14 años del Burnley, que aspira a unirse a Phil Foden y Cole Palmer para graduarse en la academia Etihad.

De acuerdo a El sol Burnley sensation William Stanley-Jones will move to the highly famed Etihad academy after City agreed to pay £500,000 to secure a move for the 14-year-old striker. The Sun also highlighted the youngster’s abilities as a source told them, “He’s a big, strong boy but also very skilful and calm.”

Stanley-Jones will hope to walk in the footsteps of stars like Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Rico Lewis, Oscar Bobb and James McAtee, who have all made it big after graduating from the Cityzens’ youth system. While Foden, Lewis and Bobb are currently an integral part of Pep Guardiola’s first team, Cole Palmer became a sensation since moving to in 2023.

McAtee, on the other hand, enjoyed two successful loan spells at Sheffield before completing a permanent transfer to this summer for a £30 million ($40.5m) transfer fee.

Guardiola’s side are off to a terrible start to the 2025-26 campaign as they are currently 13th in the league with three points from their first three fixtures. They would aim to get back to winning ways after the international break when they host rivals el 14 de septiembre.