straight to your inbox Manchester City youngster Liam Delap smashed in a hat-trick against Everton Under-18s as the academy teams prepare for the start of the new season.
Youth football was curtailed in March as a result of the pandemic but the club's youngsters are back at the City Football Academy getting ready to begin a new campaign as well as having their efforts recognised for last year by the academy coaches.
Delap, a powerful and speedy forward, has made an excellent impression since joining the Blues last year. He was bumped up to play Under-19 and Under-23 football before the end of the season and also trained with Pep Guardiola's first team in the build-up to their Champions League mini-tournament in Lisbon.
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