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Another profitable year for the Manchester City academy saw the Blues raise around £62m from homegrown talent, while Pep Guardiola has poached Nico O'Reilly for his first team.

There has been a change of coaching staff, too, with Brian Barry-Murphy leaving, Ben Wilkinson stepping up from under-18 to under-21, and Oliver Reiss coming in from Germany. As ever, City don't stand still and with all the players leaving there are openings in the Elite Development Squad to become the next player to leave for big money or try to break into Guardiola's squad.

Among those looking to step up this year is winger Farid Alfa-Ruprecht, who will benefit from Joel Ndala and Micah Hamilton's exits for a combined £12.4m if all add-ons are achieved. O'Reilly's promotion will hand former under-18s like Alfa-Ruprecht the minutes to catch the eye of any scouts looking for the next Cole Palmer or Oscar Bobb.

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"I'm sure with the assets he's got he's got a real chance of having a good career," declares new EDS head coach Wilkinson of Alfa-Ruprecht in an interview with the Manchester Evening News. "Because he's exceptionally quick - that's what people pay big money for in world football. If you can add consistency in your end product it gives you a real chance."

Consistency is the key word for Alfa-Ruprecht, which has replaced another key word in his previous two years at the club: patience.

"He came over to England, spoke very little English. Soon after that to be thrust into an environment like this, it's an unbelievable change for a young boy of 15, 16 which he was at the time,"