While the City men's team are on pre-season in the US, those aspiring to join the senior squad are hard at work in Portugal.
With an exciting new coaching structure in place, EDS lead coach Ben Wilkinson and U18s boss Olivier Reiss put their young charges through their paces under the warm Portuguese sunshine of Vilamoura.
Club photographer Isaac Parkin is following the group’s every move and here, he’s captured the latest session - as featured below...