{"id":24996,"date":"2025-10-14T12:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/man-city-submit-offers-to-sign-two-highly-rated-english-midfielders\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T12:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:16:41","slug":"man-city-submit-offers-to-sign-two-highly-rated-english-midfielders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/man-city-submit-offers-to-sign-two-highly-rated-english-midfielders\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City submit offers to sign two &#8216;highly rated&#8217; English midfielders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/man-city-submit-offers-to-sign-two-highly-rated-english-midfielders\/#Guardiolas_record_from_his_youth_proves_Neville_wrong\" >Guardiola&#8217;s record from his youth proves Neville wrong<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/man-city-submit-offers-to-sign-two-highly-rated-english-midfielders\/#%E2%80%98Highly_rated_Palmer_twins_could_be_exciting_long-term_additions_for_City\" >&#8216;Highly rated&#8217; Palmer twins could be exciting long-term additions for City<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Manchester City have made an offer and decided to have a double-take on signing two English midfielders, but there could be significant competition from their Premier League rivals.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"guardiola-39-s-youth-record-proves-neville-wrong\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Guardiolas_record_from_his_youth_proves_Neville_wrong\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Guardiola&#8217;s record from his youth proves Neville wrong<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pep Guardiola has had a spotty record when it comes to signing youth players, with perhaps his biggest failure being allowing Cole Palmer to leave for Chelsea, and the Man City manager has been criticized in the past by Gary Neville.<\/p>\n<p>The former Manchester United man spoke after Guardiola opted to keep his squad small rather than having youth players on the bench for the 2021\/22 game against Burnley. <em>\u201cI think it\u2019s a joke, I definitely think it\u2019s a joke.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If you&#8217;re the manager of Manchester City&#8217;s academy or reserve team, you think, &#8216;What a waste of time&#8217;. Forget the fact that they spent so much money and put six players on the bench&#8230; For me it&#8217;s like a protest.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To be fair, City manager&#8217;s reluctance to promote young players did not come at a cost, as the team won a Champions League and four Premier League titles on a spin and has since continued to introduce the likes of Oscar Bobb and Nico O&#8217;Reilly into the starting XI.<\/p>\n<p>    In a report from The Boot Room, journalist Graham Bailey says Man City have made offers for two more young players, Middlesbrough midfielder Anton and Bailey Palmer, who have confirmed they have decided to leave the Championship side.<\/p>\n<p>However, there could be stiff competition for the Palmer brothers&#8217; signature, with Man United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Chelsea all making proposals of their own.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton &#038; Hove Albion have also been named as potential guardians for the duo, with the pair expected to move to their new club, with the young midfielders expected to announce their next move later this week.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"quot-highly-rated-quot-palmer-twins-could-be-exciting-long-term-additions-for-city\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Highly_rated_Palmer_twins_could_be_exciting_long-term_additions_for_City\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>&#8216;Highly rated&#8217; Palmer twins could be exciting long-term additions for City<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Both Middlesbrough stars are only 16 and have yet to feature in the Championship club&#8217;s first team, but they have already featured in the first-team squad, which is a very encouraging sign.<\/p>\n<p>Both England youngsters also made their debut for the Three Lions Under-17s, making six appearances in total, which shows they are on the right path to becoming future stars.<\/p>\n<p>Given their age, it&#8217;s unlikely that the twins will become regulars in Man City&#8217;s first team anytime soon, but it&#8217;s clear they have huge potential and given the level of interest, it would be exciting if Guardiola&#8217;s side can win the race to sign him.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have made an offer and decided to have a double-take on signing two English midfielders, but there could be significant competition from their Premier League rivals. Guardiola&#8217;s record from his youth proves Neville wrong Pep Guardiola has had a spotty record when it comes to signing youth players, with perhaps his biggest failure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[270,2625,40,6594,304,2639,2686,5417,43,1943],"class_list":{"0":"post-24996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-city","9":"tag-english","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-highly","12":"tag-man","13":"tag-midfielders","14":"tag-offers","15":"tag-rated","16":"tag-sign","17":"tag-submit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}