Manchester City's new academy director is not just thinking about the present after beginning work at the City Football Academy.
He's already challenging the club to find the 'player of the future'. Thomas Kruecken has finally joined City from Stuttgart after being chosen in the summer to replace Jason Wilcox, who left the CFA to become sporting director at Southampton.
After settling into his new job, Kruecken has outlined his top priorities as Wilcox's successor, looking ahead as far as 2029, and as broadly as City's under-11 cohort.
In essence, he is looking to future-proof City's lucrative academy, which is making millions for the club nine years after opening across the road from the Etihad.
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