Cardiff City snap up Man City talent
Cardiff City look poised to land highly-rated Manchester City midfielder Cass Machin.
The 16-year-old, who has been with the Premier League champions since Under-9 level, is set to join the Bluebirds' academy ahead of next season after being offered both a scholarship and professional contract by the Welsh club.
Machin, regarded as an exciting technical midfielder, featured for Man City's Under-16s this season and is set to link up with Cardiff's Under-18s setup as the club continue to strengthen their academy ranks.
The move would represent another statement of intent from Cardiff, whose youth pathway has become one of the biggest success stories at the club.
A host of academy products have broken into the first team over the last 12 months, with Brian Barry-Murphy - who himself worked in Man City's academy until 2024 - placing a major emphasis on promoting from within.
Machin is understood to be viewed as another player capable of thriving in Cardiff's increasingly possession-based development model.
The move comes two years after another similarly talented teenager, Timeo Whisker, made the move the opposite way to Man City from the Bluebirds' youth system
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