Man City’s Shocking Loss: An Entire £460 Million Squad Wiped Out, Sending Shockwaves Through the Football World

Cole Palmer and Liam Delap lead an incredible line-up of stars who have left Man City. According to The Sun, the total value of this squad is up to 460 million pounds.

Many famous stars who grew up from the academy were pushed away by Man City

Man City have dominated the Premier League in recent seasons thanks to huge spending and a world-class academy. Man City’s football academy has continuously trained outstanding talents.

Some stars – such as Phil Foden – have already earned first-team football. While others – including Cole Palmer and Liam Delap – have moved on, possibly too soon, for big transfer fees.

Man City outline development plans for Cole Palmer, Liam Delap and James  McAtee - Manchester Evening News

The Sun recently created a squad of excellent young players that Man City has pushed away in recent years. According to Transfermarkt’s valuation, this star-studded squad is now worth a combined value of more than £460 million.

Accordingly, standing in the wooden goal is goalkeeper James Trafford. The England U21 goalkeeper joined Burnley for £15 million in the summer of 2023 after 6 years at Man City’s academy. The 22-year-old goalkeeper has helped The Clarets become the team with the best defense in the Championship this season, conceding just nine goals in 27 matches.

The back four includes Pedro Porro, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Tosin Adarabioyo. Porro was sold to Sporting for 17.4 million pounds and is currently Tottenham’s number 1 right back. Harwood-Bellis joined Southampton for £20 million while Tosin played for Fulham and Chelsea. He is currently valued at £16.9 million.

The central midfield pair is Romeo Lavia and Felix Nmecha. Lavia used to play for Anderlecht, Southampton and currently Chelsea. He is currently valued at 33.8 million pounds. Nmecha is currently playing for Dortmund and is valued at 16 million pounds.

Gavin Bazunu, James McAtee, Liam Delap, Cole Palmer and James Garner are  all players of interests for Southampton as they look towards their Summer  overhaul. : r/soccer

The trio of attacking midfielders includes Jadon Sancho on the left wing, Cole Palmer in the middle and Michael Olise on the right wing. Sancho (valued at 25.3 million pounds) and Palmer (valued at 110 million pounds are both playing for Chelsea while Olise (55 million pounds) is with Bayern Munich.

Throwback to Man City's 2020 FA Youth Cup winning team… Morgan Rogers, Cole  Palmer & Liam Delap were all playing for the U18s. 4 years later… They all  scored this weekend in

The striker pair will be Morgan Rogers (33.8 million pounds) and Liam Delap (21.1 million pounds). Rogers is making a strong impression at Aston Villa with 6 goals in 21 matches. Meanwhile, Delap has 8 goals in 22 matches for Ipswich.