Get the biggest City transfer window stories, analysis and updates delivered straight to your inbox Romeo Lavia and Luke Mbete are among the 17 Manchester City youngsters to have penned their first professional contracts at the club.
Lavia, a 17-year-old defensive midfielder, spent the first half of last season with the Under-18s but made such an impression that not only was he moved up to the Under-23s group but he was subsequently voted their Player of the Year by the coaches.
Mbete, a 17-year-old defender, was another to make the jump up to Under-23s and professional football in the Checkatrade Trophy look easy before he was unlucky enough to miss a big chunk of the season with injury.
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