Get the biggest City transfer window stories, pre-season news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Liam Delap will be the name on fans’ lips as they tune in to watch Manchester City’s only pre-season game, against Preston tonight.
The 18-year-old striker has been promised a place in Pep Guardiola’s first-team squad next season after scoring a record 24 goals in Premier League 2 - and is a genuinely exciting prospect.
It remains to be seen whether he passes the necessary Covid protocols after being one of the players forced to self-isolate last week after an outbreak in the academy building.
If he does, he could get a start, and an early chance to show Guardiola that he has the ability and the physicality to hack it with the big
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