Manchester City fans held up a banner of Rodri winning the Ballon d'Or before City's match with Real Madrid.
The latter was the first real local lad. He was a mere strip of a boy when he was recommended to United’s chief scout Louis Rocca in the mid-1930s and signed by manager of the time Scott Duncan, brought in by president Gibson with a specific remit to develop young players. ...
Looking to the clubs at Europe’s top five leagues, Barcelona, Lyon and Real Madrid are the only clubs to have produced more players. “The Premier League came up with the statistic that we have got the most homegrown players competing in league football and that is a credit to our Academ...