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The potential ability of every Man City youngster
Martin Macdonald
- 4 Mar 2022 07:18 CST
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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.
| Player | SciSports Skill Level | Potential Skill Level |
|---|---|---|
| Cole Palmer | 74.7 | 114.2 |
| Kayky | 47.4 | 87.9 |
| Romeo Lavia | 63.2 | 121.2 |
| Liam Delap | 78.1 | 118.3 |
| James McAtee | 69.8 | 115.1 |
| Shea Charles | 53.5 | 111.1 |
| CJ Egan-Riley | 55.7 | 109.1 |
| Mikki van Sas | 47.0 | 106.7 |
| Oscar Bobb | 56.7 | 106.2 |
| Samuel Edozie | 60.0 | 104.0 |
| Luke Mbete | 49.6 | 103.9 |
| Tai Sodje | 45.7 | 100.8 |
| Micah Hamilton | 44.2 | 99.8 |
| Kwaku Oduroh | 47.0 | 96.3 |
| Cieran Slicker | 49.3 | 94.8 |
| Alex Robertson | 48.6 | 94.2 |
| Rowan McDonald | 48.1 | 93.1 |
| Josh Wilson-Esbrand | 41.4 | 89.2 |
| Jayden Braaf | 47.7 | 85.5 |
| Jadel Katongo | 42.0 | 104.0 |
| Carlos Borges | 49.8 | 100.6 |
| Joshua McNamara | 40.1 | 95.9 |
| Liam Smith | 25.8 | 71.5 |
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
