Academy youngsters sign first professional contracts with City | OneFootball

Nine Manchester City Academy players have signed their first professional contracts with the Club ahead of the 2024/25 season.

Rhys Thomas, Kian Noble, Matty Warhurst, Daniel Batty, Jack Wint, Spike Brits, Brooklyn Nfonkeu, Harrison Parker and Luca Fletcher all put pen to paper – signing maiden deals with the Club this summer.

All nine of City’s Academy prospects represented the Club at Under-18 level throughout the 2023/24 campaign.

And for Noble, Warhurst, Wint, Brits and Parker, it is a great way to lead into the 2024/25 season with all five making the step up to City’s Elite Development Squad to compete in Premier League 2.

Thomas, Batty, Nfonkeu and Fletcher will be part of the more senior group of players that will continue to develop under the leadership of Oliver Reiss, the new Lead Coach for the Under-18s in their second season developing in the Under-18 Premier League North.

And all will be excited by the challenge of looking to retain the FA Youth Cup after City’s 4-0 triumph over Leeds United at the Etihad Stadium in May, a highlight for all the players in their time in City’s Academy so far.

To celebrate the important moment in their journey towards senior football, each player signed their contract with Academy Director Thomas Kruecken at the City Football Academy with their family and friends alongside them to savour the moment.

City are also set to hand first professional deals to Femi Fapetu and Divine Mukasa who will sign their new contracts once they have celebrated their 17th birthdays in the coming months.

The takes the Club’s total number of first-year professional contracts to 11 for the upcoming season.

Everyone at Manchester City send our congratulations to these young players and wish all of them the very best of luck moving forward.