Manchester City have been arguably the most successful English club for the past decade thanks to their ability to identify and recruit quality players. But they have also invested heavily in a state-of-the-art academy that is now churning out one talented youngster after another.
Of course, Manchester has long been a hotbed of footballing excellence. And despite a fierce rivalry with Manchester United when it comes to signing the city's up-and-coming stars, they have had numerous homegrown heroes down through the years.
For example, City's successful team of the late 1960s had a strong contingent of locally born players, while many members of the 1986 FA Youth Cup-winning side would progress to the first team and memorably thrashed Sir Alex Ferguson's United 5-1 three years later.
More recently, Pep Guardiola has helped Phil Foden make the step up to the senior side with impressive ease and the England international could soon be joined in the starting line-up on a regular basis by the likes of Cole Palmer, Liam Delap and James McAtee to follow.
Below, GOAL runs through the finest players produced by one of the game's great talent factories...
