The potential ability of every Man City youngster

Martin Macdonald
Martin Macdonald
  • 4 Mar 2022 13:18 GMT
  • 3 min read
Romeo Lavia, Manchester City
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Romeo Lavia is the current Manchester City player under the age of 21 with the most potential, according to SciSports.

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A youth product of Anderlecht, Lavia was spotted as a 15-year old by Pep Guardiola in a tournament organised by Man City star Kevin De Bruyne.

Lavia was included in the 2021/22 Champions League squad for City and eventually made his first senior appearance for the club in a League Cup fixture against Wycome. A defensive midfielder, he has been likened to Fernandinho.

According to SciSports, he has a current skill level of 63.2 and a potential skill level of 121.2.

Lavia actually has a better potential that two players from the first-team squad in Brazilian wonderkid Kayky and Cole Palmer, who has potential skill levels of 87.9 and 114.2 respectively.

PlayerSciSports Skill LevelPotential Skill Level
Cole Palmer74.7114.2
Kayky47.487.9
Romeo Lavia63.2121.2
Liam Delap78.1118.3
James McAtee69.8115.1
Shea Charles53.5111.1
CJ Egan-Riley55.7109.1
Mikki van Sas47.0106.7
Oscar Bobb56.7106.2
Samuel Edozie60.0104.0
Luke Mbete49.6103.9
Tai Sodje45.7100.8
Micah Hamilton44.299.8
Kwaku Oduroh47.096.3
Cieran Slicker49.394.8
Alex Robertson48.694.2
Rowan McDonald48.193.1
Josh Wilson-Esbrand41.489.2
Jayden Braaf47.785.5
Jadel Katongo42.0104.0
Carlos Borges49.8100.6
Joshua McNamara40.195.9
Liam Smith25.871.5

In the table above, the three highlighted names are the players with the most potential from the senior squad, the Under-23s squad, and the Under-18s squad respectively.

Potential of Man City Under 23 players

Secondary to the aforementioned Lavia is a name who is already well-known to Man City fans in Liam Delap.

Delap, the son of former Sunderland and Stoke defender Rory Delap, has been making a name for himself at the Man City academy and has been earmarked as a future Premier League star.

In his debut season for the U18s he scored 15 goals, including two in the U-18 Premier League Cup Final.

In September of 2020, Delap made his first team debut against Bournemouth in the League Cup, and marked the occasion with his first senior goal.

Delap would make his Premier League debut three days later off the bench as Man City lost 5-2 at home to Leicester.

In third from the Under-23s is James McAtee. A midfielder, he has already featured for the first team in the League Cup and the Premier League.

Interestingly, one player from the Under-18s squad has more SciSports potential than some in the Under-23s squad and that is Jadel Katongo. The 17-year-old has a Potential Skill rating of 104.0.

Man City loan players

From the reserve side to the senior side, Man City currently have 38 players out on loan.

Arijanet Muric - Adana Demirspor

Tommy Doyle - Cardiff

Taylor Harwood-Bellis - Stoke

Claudio Gomes - Barnsley

Finley Burns - Swansea

Ben Knight - Crewe

Yangel Herrera - Espanyol

Julian Alvarez - River

Youth:

Marlos Moreno - Kortrijk

Yan Couto - Braga

Pablo Moreno - Girona

Gavin Bazunu - Portsmouth

Yeboah Amankwah - Accrington Stanley

Oscar Tarensi - Girona

Matt Smith - Hull

Lewis Fiorini - Lincoln

Morgan Rogers - Bournemouth

James Trafford - Accrington Stanley

Callum Doyle - Sunderland

Alex Robertson - Ross County

Kluiverth Aguilar - Lommel

Nahuel Ferraresi - Estoril

Ko Itakura - Schalke

Issa Kabore - Troyes

Erik Palmer-Brown - Troyes

Pedro Porro - Sporting CP

Mohammed Aminu - Lommel

Daniel Arzani - Lommel

Luka Ilic - Twente

Ante Palaversa

Diego Rosa - Lommel

Thomas Agyepong - Lommel

Nahuel Bustos - Girona

Ryotaro Meshino - Estoril

Dario Sarmiento - Girona

Filip Stevanovic - Heerenveen

Slobodan Tedic - Zwolle

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