Champions League dream alive for Kayky after rising to Pep Guardiola’s Man City challenge

On the final day of the January transfer window Manchester City completed the signing of Argentina forward Julian Alvarez, one of the hottest young prospects in world football.

While City fans will have to wait until next season to see the 22-year-old pull on a sky blue shirt, there is another exciting South American talent already at the club who could see game-time before the end of the season.

Brazilian attacker Kayky da Silva Chagas - known simply as Kayky - agreed to join City from Fluminense last April for an initial fee of £9m, with City supporters wowed by online videos of the teenage sensation's skills.

On Monday, City revealed their squad lists for the Champions League knock-out stages, with Kayky replacing Ferran Torres in Pep Guardiola's squad. The thing is, Kayky has barely featured for the City first team this season.

After joining up with the Blues over the summer, Kayky has spent the vast majority of his time playing for Brian Barry-Murphy's U23s side, taking up the right-wing position made vacant by Cole Palmer's promotion to the first team.

In 10 Premier League 2 outings he has scored five goals, solid numbers considering he will have needed time to adapt to a new country, language and style of football.

The winger has played just four minutes of senior football for the Blues, those coming as a late substitute in the 4-1 win at Swindon Town in the FA Cup third round.

So, now that he has been included in City's main squad list - the likes of Phil Foden and Cole Palmer qualify for the 'B' list as they are under 21 and have trained at City for at least two years - can we expect to see more of him before the end of the season?

"I'd say the Champions League update is more to have him available if he's needed