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Manchester City are increasingly happy to shout about their progress in youth football as their academy produces some of the most exciting young talents in the game.

Jayden Braaf has confirmed he will leave Manchester City this summer after recovering from a knee injury that has kept him out for most of the season.

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straight to your inboxTommy Doyle has lifted the lid on the role David Silva plays in Manchester City training, revealing how he has taken it upon himself as captain to make the club's young players welcome in the first team.Doyle was speaking after he made his Premier League debut against Newcastle on Wednesday night, in a game where Silva scored one and assisted two more in a brilliant Man of the Match performance.Silva will depart the Etihad at the end of the season, and City fan Doyle said it was not lost on him how big an opportunity it has been to play and train alongside the Spaniard.Doyle, and fellow academy players Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Cole Palmer, Felix Nmecha, Lewis Fiorini and Jayden Braaf, have been training with the senior

Jayden Braaf has put comparisons with Jadon Sancho to one side as the Manchester City youngster attempts to work out his plans for next season.

left out of the first-team picture.With the Premier League season a week away from resuming and the Blues having between 11 and 13 games to complete by the end of July depending on their success in the FA Cup, it is expected that managers will need to use the depths of their squad; nine substitutes will be permitted in games with five allowed to come on.However, despite the presence of a few academy players in first-team training - Felix Nmecha, Tommy Doyle, and Taylor Harwood-Bellis have all been spotted - Pep Guardiola appears to be content with the group of senior players he has to work with.Braaf, who has shone in the academy since moving to Manchester two years ago, has been told not to report for training until July 6 and is unclear