Manchester City’s academy auditorium, with its blue leather seats and walls depicting different stands of the Etihad Stadium, is just up some stairs from the gym.
The gym is effectively a shrine to Phil Foden – huge pictures, this is who you could be - and has a glass ceiling leading up to the second floor, where the Under 19s currently stand with the chatter of a school hallway.
They’re waiting to head into the small theatre, basically a large cinema room, to hear from their coach Ben Wilkinson 54 hours out from a UEFA Youth League tie on the outskirts of Amsterdam in which they batter AZ Alkmaar, miss a penalty, but lose when conceding their first shot on target in the 94th minute.