'Clear examples' - Man City ready for more departures in transfer window

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Manchester City have already sent some of their most promising talent off on loan and more are expected to go this month

Manchester City lost to Chelsea in their opening Under-21 game of the season

Manchester City are expected to loan out more of their promising young talent before the end of the transfer window.

It has been a busy summer for the Blues across all teams, and the first team business is far from done. Galatasaray are looking to sign Manu Akanji and Ederson, while reports in recent days have also cast doubt on Ilkay Gundogan's future.

There is also work to be done in the academy, where a number of youngsters are looking to secure temporary moves away from the Etihad after helping the Under-21s to top their league and then win the knockout competition last year.

Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (Celtic), Max Alleyne (Watford) and Divin Mubama (Stoke) have already gone but Under-21s coach Ben Wilkinson reckons more will follow in the next few weeks.

"There's a few who have already gone and hopefully a few more from last year's team will go," he said.

"Last year for me there were clear examples of players who were ready to play by the end of the season and there were some close behind on their coattails who are probably the next ones to go.

"That ultimately is the biggest aim to try to transition players from this team to first team football, whether that be someone like a Nico [O'Reilly] last year who featured a lot with us at the start of the season to a Jahmai, Max, or Divin.

"They hopefully will have the opportunity to go and play elsewhere with the idea of proving themselves and the have the opportunity to come back here or play at that level for the rest of their careers."

Ashton Muir, Jaden Heskey and Charlie Gray are among the more experienced members of the Under-21s squad that have been linked with moves this summer, but there could be other departures. City will also be expected to secure moves for Kian Breckin, Mahamdou Susoho and Jadel Katongo after the trio spent last season on loan.

City Under-21s lost their opening game of the season with a 3-1 defeat at Chelsea on Monday night. They take on West Ham at the Joie Stadium on Friday looking to pick up their first victory as defending champions.

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