Since Sheikh Mansour bought City in the summer of 2008 not one English player developed by the club has started in the Premier League.
City has built a £200 million City Football Academy, a state-of-the-art training center.
The CFA is primed for the club to be successful from first team to juniors with “two thirds” dedicated to youth development.
“This is true and I hope in the next few years we can see some of the young players from the academy come into the first team and have a chance to play regularly,” said Pablo Zabaleta. “It means that the quality of the young players what we have in the squad has to improve to have a chance.
“I’m absolutely sure that in the next few years we will see some of them have success in the first team because they have quality. They are better players now and they have competed well in the Champions League youth competition and also in the Premier League Under-21 League so it’s great for them to prepare well for the next few years and have a chance in the first team. I can’t guarantee there will be two or three, we will see. But I can see the quality of them is better than before.