Manchester City have one of the most expensive youth academies in world football, which means there's plenty to work with if you decide to manage them on Football Manager 2018.

However, with so much invested in youth development at City, the board and fans will be expecting you to make use of the very best young talent available to you by playing them in the first team and developing them as you go.

Thankfully there are several youngsters who you just cannot afford to ignore if you're to be a success at the Etihad Stadium.

We've picked out five of them for you to note down as wonderkids you need to spend particularly time with.

Read on to learn more...

Gabriel Jesus

Age: 20

Position(s): AM(RL), ST

Nation: Brazil

Value: £46.5m

Asking Price: £124m

Phil Foden

Age: 17

Position(s): AM(C)

Nation: England

Value: £450k

Asking Price: £65m

Olivier Ntcham

Age: 20

Position(s): M/AM (C)

Nation: France

Value: £3.6m

Asking Price: £27.5m

Brahim Diaz

Age: 17

Position(s): M/AM (C), AM (R)

Nation: Spain

Value: £225k

Asking Price: £55m

Taylor Richards

Age: 16

Position(s): AM(C), M (C), AM (R)

Nation: England

Value: £2.5k

Asking Price: £82m