The Man City youngsters with the highest potential according to Football Manager

  /  autty

Manchester City have one of the best academies in world football right now, with world-class facilities and coaches and it's surely not going to be long until we see a few of these talented youngsters breaking into the City first team.

City fans have already had a glimpse of this talented group, with Eric Garcia, Tommy Doyle, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Felix Nmecha and Adria Bernabe already featuring for the first team over the last few seasons.

There are also some outstanding youth prospects out on loan around the world, in Scotland, Spain, Belgium, Holland and the EFL Championship too.

If you're thinking of a starting a Football Manager 2020 save, and it's your dream to to bring young players through the academy and into the first team, City is a great team to start with, if you can handle the pressure of delivering titles ever season!

So, who are the best prospects at City right now?

And, who has the most potential?

We used popular football management simulation game Football Manager 2020 to find out.

On Football Manager, current ability is given as a value out of 200, so the closer to 200 your current ability is, the better the player is overall, and the same applies to potential ability on the game.

All players' ages are shown as of the start of the 2019/20 season, which is 24th June 2019 on FM20.

Here are City's best prospects right now according to FM20.

Daniel Arzani (on loan at Celtic)

Positions: AMR/AMC/ST

Current ability: 120/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160/200)

Can become as good as: Mateo Kovacic (160)

Ante Palaversa (on loan at FV Oostende)

Positions: DM/CM/LM

Current ability: 114/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160/200)

Can become as good as: Frenkie De Jong (160)

Arijanet Muric (on loan at Nottingham Forest)

Positions: GK

Current ability: 125/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160/200)

Can become as good as: Samir Handanovic (160)

Felix Nmecha

Positions: CM/AMC

Current ability: 103/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Bruno Fernandes (160)

Eric Garcia

Positions: CB

Current ability: 110/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become better than: Diego Godin (160)

Tommy Doyle

Positions: DM/CM

Current ability: 90/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Ilkay Gundogan (160)

Jayden Braaf

Positions: AML/AMR

Current ability: 98/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Jose Callejon (158)

Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Positions: CB

Current ability: 95/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Samuel Umtiti (159)

Ben Knight

Positions: AMC/AMR

Current ability: 78/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Axel Witsel (159)

Oscar Bobb

Positions: RM/AML/AMR

Current ability: 74/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Dries Mertens (158)

Finley Burns

Positions: CB

Current ability: 70/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Stefan de Vrij (158)

Liam Delap

Positions: ST

Current ability: 71/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Edin Dzeko (158)

James McAtee

Positions: AMR/AMC/AMR

Current ability: 70/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Federico Bernardschi (158)

Gavin Bazunu

Positions: GK

Current ability: 72/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Kepa Arrizabalaga (158)

Pedro Porro (on loan at Real Valladolid)

Positions: RB/RWB/CM/RM/AMR

Current ability: 128/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Sergi Roberto (159)

Adria Bernabe

Positions: CM/AML/AMC

Current ability: 96/200

Potential ability: -8 (130-160)

Can become as good as: Arthur (159)

Felix Correia (on loan at AZ Alkmaar)

Positions: AMR/AMC/AML

Current ability: 100/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Paulo Dybala (168)

Claudio Gomes (on loan at PSV)

Positions: DM

Current ability: 95/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Thiago (167)

Morgan Rogers

Positions: AMR/AMC/AML/ST

Current ability: 100/200

Potential ability: -85 (140-170)

Can become as good as: Pierre-Emerck Aubameyang (169)

What do you make of this list?

And, who do you think will be the first of this bunch to break into the City first team?

The future certainly looks bright for Manchester City, if these youngsters can live up to their potential.

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