Republic of Ireland U19 defender Tyreke Wilson has been called into the Manchester City squad for the Blues upcoming pre-season tour of the United States.
The Premier League champions will play Borussia Dortmund in Chicago on Friday, July 20, before heading to New York to play Liverpool on Wednesday, July 25, and then finishing their trip with a match against Bayern Munich in Miami on Saturday, July 28.
A son of former Ireland underage international and Coventry City midfielder Karl Wilson, Tyreke will join Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko and France World Cup winner Benjamin Mendy in the squad while new signing Riyad Mahrez will also make the trip stateside.
City have a noted history of developing Irish players with Glenn Whelan, Stephen Ireland and Willo Flood all coming through the academy, and in recent years Jack Byrne and goalkeeper Ian Lawlor both made the trip from Irish schoolboy football to City’s academy before signing professional contracts.
The Premier League club aligned with Cherry Orchard in 2007 to form a scouting network with Wilson the latest product of the Dublin club’s storied development program.
Here’s the full list of players selected for the US Tour:
Claudio Bravo
Joe Hart
Aymeric Laporte
Leroy Sane
Bernardo Silva
Benjamin Mendy
Tosin Adarabioyo
Riyad Mahrez
Patrick Roberts
Jason Denayer
Daniel Grimshaw
Oleksandr Zinchenko
Douglas Luiz
Jack Harrison
Lukas Nmecha
Phil Foden
Aro Muric
Eric Garcia
Nabil Touaizi
Brahim Diaz
Iker Pozo
Tom Dele-Bashiru
Benjamin Garre
Luke Bolton
Cameron Humphreys
Rabbi Matondo
Tyreke Wilson
Nathanael Ogbeta
