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Man City's star loyalty sees prodigies leave -- and flourish

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Manchester City might have the most productive academy in football right now, but as Pep Guardiola's side lurches from one defeat to another during an unprecedented slump, it is their "lost team" of Cole Palmer, Michael Olise, Morgan Rogers and so many more that is compounding the misery at the Etihad. Just as the club makes plans to raid the transfer market in January for expensive solutions to their growing problems, a reality is beginning to sink in that they had the answers all along, but decided to let them work for somebody else instead.