I was told I had to leave Man City by Pep Guardiola - now I'm 90 minutes from proving him wrong29272570

Back in 2016, Manchester City's Under-18s had an exciting attack consisting of Phil Foden, Brahim Diaz and Jadon Sancho. One is already a Champions League winner, and another will follow on Saturday night.

Add Felix Nmecha, who graduated from the City Football Academy a year or two later than the more recognisable trio, and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, and there will be four City representatives in Saturday's showpiece at Wembley.

Nmecha was released by City in 2021 in order to boost his career prospects, with his progress at Wolfsburg and Dortmund perhaps a sign they could have earned some profit from him. Sancho's path is well documented, making the leap to Dortmund where he made his name, before an ill-fated move to Manchester United and now a loan move back to Germany. City have profited by around £20m over the course of his post-City career.

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Bynoe-Gittens swapped City for Dortmund in 2020 and has appeared in all but one of his side's previous 23 Bundesliga games this season. Then there is Brahim Diaz, the player who got closest of the trio to breaking into Pep Guardiola's first team, after Foden of course. Diaz made 15 appearances for Guardiola, scoring twice and revelling in the Etihad crowd singing his name after scoring both goals in a Carabao Cup win over Fulham.

The hopes of him and Foden graduating successfully into the first team were high, and Guardiola clearly liked the young Spaniard, but as Foden found out competition was fierce on the wings for City. He only started four times, all in the League Cup, averaging just 27