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Manchester City Reap the Rewards of Selling Academy Starlets as Youth Team Sales Rake in Over £70m

A report has revealed that Manchester City have made over £70m from selling academy starlets in the last four years, including England international Jadon Sancho's move to Borussia Dortmund.

City netted £8m in compensation when BVB moved for wonderkid Sancho, while the sale of Angus Gunn to Southampton last summer brought in another £13m. In addition to these sales, prospects such as Rony Lopes, Pablo Maffeo, Rodney Kongolo, Olivier Ntcham and Seko Fofana have also been sold in recent years.

According to the Mirror, the Citizens' £200m youth academy has proven to be a lucrative money spinner, with players developed at the club bringing in some big money of late.