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Selling stars – how Man City have turned player sales into big businesspublished at 10:38 GMT

Neil Johnston
BBC Sport reporter

A split picture of Oscar Bobb, Cole Palmer, Liam Delap and Morgan Rogers who have come through Manchester City's youth systemImage source, Getty Images

Since Pep Guardiola took charge of Manchester City in 2016, Cole Palmer, Liam Delap, Brahim Diaz and Tosin Adarabioyo have also come through the ranks to play for the senior side before departing.

It is a ploy that has served City well and Oscar Bobb now looks set to join that list, should his move to Fulham go through.

According to Paul MacDonald from FootballTransfers.com, City have made more than £250m selling young players from their talent factory over the past five years alone.

Including sell-on fees, that figure is closer to £270m, he says.

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