The former France midfielder could look to recruit some of his former charges from the Elite Development Squad as he begins his adventure in MLS.

New York City FC head coach Patrick Vieira will sit down with Manchester City chiefs to discuss potential loan moves for the Premier League club's young stars.Vieira had been in charge of the Blues' Elite Development Squad - and Under-19s in European competition - since 2013 but oversaw his final match in midweek and will now focus on his new assignment in Major League Soccer.The Frenchman takes up his new role on Jan. 1 and is expected to quickly establish which of City's young players he will be able to take with him to Yankees Stadium.Vieira said this week that his proudest moment at the Etihad Stadium was seeing highly rated 17-year-old Manu Garcia score his first senior goal for Manuel Pellegrini's City side earlier this season."My favorite and proudest moment at this club was seeing Manu Garcia play with the first-team against Crystal Palace and score a goal," he said. "My proudest moments are looking at a first-team team sheet and seeing three or four players from the EDS there."Despite a number of academy graduates being named on the bench by Pellegrini this season, very few have seen significant action and the Chilean admitted on Friday that some have been included thanks to injuries to senior players.That could open the door for the likes of Tosin Adarabioyo, Pablo Maffeo and Bersant Celina, who have all been named on the first team bench but are yet to see action, to move to New York.Manu Garcia may also be an option, despite Pellegrini highlighting the Spaniard, as well as Kelechi Iheanacho and Patrick Roberts, as a player capable of making an impact in the first team.Should Vieira and City come to an agreement over personnel, they would follow in the footsteps of Shay Facey and Angelino, two young Blues who impressed in the Big Apple last season.It is yet to be decided whether those two will return to New York for the resumption of the new campaign, meaning Vieira will be able to decide which of the youngsters he tutored in Manchester will most benefit from first-team football in the United States, and which will be best equipped to boost the new club's on-pitch performances.Vieira heads to the States to replace Jason Kreis, who was fired after guiding New York to eighth place in the Eastern Conference, some 12 points off the final playoff place, in his only season in charge.The club conceded 58 MLS goals last season, the joint most in the division, and has already moved to boost the back line with the signing of 24-year-old Ethan White from the Philadelphia Union.Vieira is seen as a future Manchester City boss by senior figures at the club, who were keen to give him his next opportunity in management within the City Football Group, which owns both clubs as well as Melbourne City in Australia's A League.