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He may be an African Grey - but at heart Harry the parrot is a true Blue.

His incredible repertoire of football chants includes the Pablo Zabaleta song and the Yaya Toure anthem.

And if City swoops in to win the league on Sunday he’ll no doubt unleash the ‘Champione’ song.

He also lets fly with ‘Agueroooooooooooo’ and chirps ‘Come on City’ and ‘City are the best in all the land’ like he means it.

Watch Harry sing the chant for fan favourite Pablo Zabaleta below...

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Owners Julie, 53, and Dave Bower, 54, and their son Andy, 28, taught three-year-old Harry all the songs he knows.

Dave, from Middleton, said: “He copies what you say after a couple of times.

“We just had to say the chants to him and he picked them up. He uses a similar voice to whoever teaches him.

Andy added: “When we got him we were really surprised by the extent of his vocabulary. We were careful not to teach him Mancini because we didn’t know how long he’d be manager, and we were right about that.”

And the family is convinced Harry is the genuine article.

Dave added: “When the game’s on he will sit still and watch for the full 90 minutes.

“If we win on Sunday, by Monday he’ll be singing Champione, champione, ole, ole ole - he did that when we won in 2012.”

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Harry, who was a gift to Julie from Dave three years ago, has talents which stretch beyond the Beautiful game.

‘Potato’ is a firm favourite in his repertoire - but he will also make requests and cheeky observations.

Dave added: “When Julie goes into the kitchen to make the tea he’ll say ‘Tea’s ready Dave’.

“And when we put on our coats to leave he’ll says ‘See you in a bit’.

If Harry’s thirsty he’ll ask for ‘water’, if he’s feeling grubby he’ll request a ‘shower’ and if he’s peckish he’ll ask ‘can I have chips?’

But there are some extra words the Bower family would rather he’d forget.

Dave added: “He swears like an absolute trooper, which can be embarrassing when we have guests.”

Harry’s efforts have not gone unnoticed in the higher echelons of the Supporters clubs.

The chairman of the Eccles and District Supporters Club - who really is called Sim Parrott - said: “It’s unusual and quite impressive that a parrot has learnt to sing City songs.

“We definitely would like to offer Harry an honorary membership of the Supporters Club.”

But what is Harry's favourite all time City team?

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