Manchester City's Future Onfield Foundation

Some of you may be wondering what is going on backstage at Manchester City FC, at Reserve and Academy level.

Besides our very own Superman, Stephen Ireland, of whom you are surely aware, we have Vladimir Weiss, the son of Vladimir Weiss Sr. who made his first appearance in City's 1-0 win against Bolton at the end of last season and a very promising player indeed, previously tipped to be a future great likened to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Other than that, these are my pick of up-and-coming players at Manchester City FC...

At reserve level

Reserve Keepers

Slovakia's - Filip Mentel                     
Faroe Islands - Gunnar Nielsen                 Signed from Blackburn 09
Norway's - Tobias Johansen               

Reserve Defenders

Ireland's - Ryan McGivern                
England's - Ben Mee                        
England's - Curtis Obeng  

Reserve Midfielders

Cyprus's - Angelos Tsiaklis
England's - Adam Clayton

Reserve Strikers

ROI - Donal McDermott

At Academy level

Academy Keepers

Germany's - Loris Karius       Signed 09           
Norway's - Eirik Johansen

Academy Defenders

Germany's - Nils Zander       Signed 09
England's - Gary Nolan                    
England's - Kieran Trippier

Academy Midfielders
                 
Spain's - Joan Angel Roman Olle    Signed 09
Spain's - Jorge Guinovart          Signed 09
Spain's - Alex Pla                  Signed 09
England's - Ahmed Benali
England's - Aaron Carter
England's - Chris Chantler
England's - Andrew Tutte
Norway's - Abdi Ibrahim

Academy Strikers

Sweden's - John Guidetti
England's - Jack Redshaw     
Italy's - Marcello Trotta          Signed 09
Slovakia's - Robert Mak
Liberia's - Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni

These are players to be looking out for in the future. Academy striker Robert Mak, in particular, looks to be a very exciting young player.