Manchester City’s Shea Charles a target for Dortmund, Leeds and Brentford

Manchester City’s teenage midfielder Shea Charles is a summer target for Leeds, Brentford and Borussia Dortmund.

The 19-year-old is yet to make a first-team appearance for the Premier League champions but has played four times for Northern Ireland, for whom he qualifies through a grandmother.

The Manchester-born Charles joined City aged seven and was on the bench for their Champions League last-16 match at RB Leipzig. Primarily a holding midfielder, he is also capable of playing right-back and centre-back.

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Charles’s contract runs to 2027 but with his pathway to the first team blocked, he could follow the route of other youngsters and leave. Dortmund have signed Jadon Sancho and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens from City in recent years and both have gone on to be successful there.