I didn't make it at Man City - but now I can show Pep Guardiola what he is missing

There are two trends developing in Morgan Rogers flourishing career.

First, of proving people wrong and taking his chance with both hands when it comes. Second, of playing so well in a particular cup tie that the opposition spend millions to sign him.

That happened in the FA Youth Cup in 2019, when Manchester City were so impressed with a young Rogers that they coughed up £4m to bring him in. Fast forward a few years, after he had left the City Football Academy for Middlesbrough, where an FA Cup tie vs Aston Villa prompted Unai Emery to make a £15m move and Rogers has never looked back.

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He had spoken of a reluctance to leave West Brom, his boyhood club, when Txiki Begiristain came calling with his chequebook in 2019, but told the Manchester Evening News last year that deep down there was only one choice.

"In the back of my head I knew it was the right thing for my career and something I could never turn down," he said. It was a bit weird but ultimately I knew I had to do it and it could be a once in a lifetime opportunity. As much as I would have loved to stay at home and be around people I grew up with, I knew for my career I had to take myself out of my comfort zone."

Rogers quickly justified his decision, standing out in City's big-name youth team under current Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca. Of that Youth Cup-winning team in 2019, Rogers, Cole Palmer, Tommy Doyle, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Liam Delap and James McAtee are all playing Premier League football, with the matchday squad earning City around £100m between them in subsequent transfer fees.

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