"?Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain has stressed how important it is for the club to sign local talent as well as international talent.
City signed a raft of young talent during the transfer window including Leroy Sane, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Germany midfielder Leroy Sane has completed his move to Manchester City for a fee of £37m plus add-ons pic.twitter.com/FCHC8Pd39r
"?"?Despite these players being signed from abroad, Begiristain has stressed how important it is for the club to sign local players.
Begiristain told "?City's website, "Our global network of scouts are working continuously to identify and recruit the best young talent on the planet to develop with our methodology and coaching here in Manchester.
Equally important to us is bringing in the best local talent from here in Manchester - we have a clear idea on how we want our young players to play and so we identify footballers who we believe can play in this style, no matter where they're from."
Txiki Begiristain insists Manchester City will still focus upon English talent https://t.co/kmV8wl5jtn #MCFC pic.twitter.com/rXoM2dflGu
One of the players identified by Begiristain who is coming through the local system at City is Tosin Adarabioyo. 18-year-old Adarabioyo made his second senior appearance for the club in the second leg win over Steaua Bucharest last Wednesday.
Begiristain went onto say, "It's been a really exciting summer for us, bringing in the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Marlos Moreno, Leroy Sane and Oleksandr Zinchenko, who we believe are some of the world's best young players in their positions, as well as seeing our academy develop talents like Tosin Adarabioyo, Angelino, Pablo Maffeo (and) Angus Gunn to step up and look at home around the first-team setup."
Begiristain hopes to see more young English talent follow in the footsteps of Raheem Sterling.
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