Nedum Onuoha still remembers his bus timetables. For the 111 towards Platt Lane. For the 149 to get back home in Miles Platting. The interchange at Piccadilly Gardens being the centre of his universe.
His mother worked in Sheffield and his father held two jobs on four hours’ sleep so Onuoha had to fend for himself pretty quickly. The buses were how the small Nigerian boy discovered Manchester. It became his home and life has now come full circle.
The Manchester City academy graduate, who joined the club aged 10 and made more than 100 appearances for the first team, is back.