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Major Premier League rule change could threaten Man City's academy dominance next season

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The Premier League trophy has worn the sky blue and white ribbons for the last three years, and so too have the two other Premier League trophies on offer at academy level.

Manchester City have won five of the last six Premier League titles to dominate the senior domestic landscape, and their influence on English football extends to the under-21 and under-18 levels, where they have won the Premier League 2 and under-18 Premier League national titles for the last three years, too.

That 'triple treble' - as chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak called it - is a testament to City's approach at all levels of the game, with a healthy conveyor belt of talent always coming through the academy system.

It has provided first-team players like Phil Foden, Rico Lewis and Cole Palmer, while those who haven't quite made the grade have generated millions of pounds in transfer fees for the club.

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