Manchester City have taken Hartlepool United teenager Jack Blackford on trial.

The 17-year-old winger has caught the eye of City scouts following a number of impressive displays for Hartlepool's youth set-up.

And the teenager, whose elder brother Billy is a former Hartlepool Youth Team player, has been handed the opportunity to join the Barclays Premier League club.

Manchester City have taken Hartlepool United's 17-year-old winger Jack Blackford on trial

In April 2014 it was announced that Blackford would progress from the Pools Academy into the Hartlepool Youth Team for the 2014-2015 campaign.

And Blackford, who had been in Hartlepool's academy from the age of nine, has also interested Aston Villa, but City look to be in pole position to land the teenager.