17-year-old Nigerian trains with Man City for UCL clash

Manchester City has included a 16-year-old player D’Margio Wright-Phillips and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru(17) in their preparations for the Champions League match against Lyon tonight.

D’Margio, son of ex-City favourite Shaun, has scored once and assisted six times in five games so far this season.

Raised in Didsbury, Wright-Phillips describes himself as a “dynamic, attacking type of player” and a lifelong City fan.

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Sergio Aguero trained after limping off against Fulham at the weekend, and City took the opportunity to give some of their academy players experience of training with the first team.

Career history:

Wright-Phillips has been at City since he was 11, following in the footsteps of his dad Shaun and uncle Bradley. He has featured for the under-18 side last season and has represented England at under-16 and under-17 levels.

This season, he has been directly involved in seven goals in just five games, and has been training with the first team.

While on tour with the under-18’s in Croatia, Wright-Phillips told ManCity.com : “I’ve been at City for almost five years now. I was a City fan growing up so it’s fantastic to be here. I think I’m a dynamic, attacking type of player. Someone who is hopefully exciting to watch.”

Discussing the impact his dad has had on his career, he explained: “I remember [my dad] asking me once when I was playing in the Sunday League do you want me to try and help you to get in and I said I wanted to do it myself.