According to the latest report from the Manchester Evening News, Manchester City have long been making huge profits by selling academy players and promising young players at high prices.

據報導，曼城在2023年通過出售謝亞-查理斯、特拉福德和卡洛斯-福布斯賺取了超過1000萬英鎊，並在去年夏天通過出售哈伍德-貝利斯和德拉普賺取了3500萬英鎊。

這些只是最近的一些例子，曼城在過去兩個轉會窗口通過出售青訓球員賺取了超過1億英鎊，而且這個數位還不包括切爾西為帕爾默支付的4200萬英鎊。

Manchester City will once again generate revenue from the sale of Academy players this summer, and they have already agreed on the transfer of two players who have not previously played a single minute for the team.

揚-科托已以3000萬歐元轉會多特，並將於夏天永久加盟，諾丁漢森林將支付400萬英鎊以確認簽下年輕後衛恩達拉，他於1月租借加盟，森林有義務在夏季買斷球員。

Ndara has yet to make a first-team appearance for Nottingham Forest, but for their second team, making four appearances for that team, and he has not featured for Manchester City's first team.

Under the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules, the sale of academy players counts as net profit, and clubs see it as an important source of income to help the team maintain its income.

另外，諾維奇有500萬英鎊的選擇買斷權來簽下雅各-賴特，而卡勒姆-多伊爾、埃斯布蘭德、卡伊基和卡博雷等球員都可能在夏季被出售。

然後還有資深球員，米蘭有500萬歐元買斷沃克的權利，還有菲力浦斯，後者目前被租借到伊普斯維奇，有傳言稱他將重返利茲聯，儘管據瞭解這一轉會不太可能。

考慮到菲力浦斯近幾個賽季的掙扎，找到買家並獲得1000萬英鎊以上的價格可能很困難，但隨著瓜迪奧拉重組球隊，出售菲力浦斯仍可以為曼城注入資金。

曼城在一月份的轉會視窗中花費了超過1.2億英鎊，但是通過出售那些達不到英超水準的年輕球員，他們有望在今年夏天收回這筆錢的很大一部分。