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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is reportedly looking to loan out some of his prodigiously talented young players to Bristol City.

Pep has apparently been impressed with Lee Johnson's side this season and is keen for his youngsters to make a loan move within English football rather than to La Liga or other European leagues.

The importance placed on skill and tactics at Ashton Gate, as well as City's Carabao Cup exploits, has led to the Robins perhaps taking some Man City players on loan.

With that being the case, here's a look at five youngsters Man City may be willing to loan out.

Phil Foden

Perhaps the best known of City's young rising stars. Foden won the Golden Ball at the U17 World Cup last summer as he was part of the triumphant England team.

He was also the 2017 recipient of the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. Foden made his City debut in November, coming on as a substitute against Feyenoord in the Champions League, in doing so he became the fourth youngster Englishman to play in the competition at 17 years and 177 days.

Days later he set the record for the youngest Englishman to start a Champions League match and made his Premier League debut last month.

The midfielder did however sustain an injury last month and is currently trying to work his way back to full fitness.

Lukas Nmecha

Nmecha has been given very little opportunity at Manchester City despite his strong performances at international youth level for England. He scored the goals in both the semi-final and the final in the U19 European Championships that gave England their 10 title.

His only appearance this year for City was in the Carabao Cup quarter final against Leicester in December where he took the third penalty in the shoot-out that eventually saw them face Bristol City in the semi-final.

He clearly can score goals and handle high pressure situations which could make him a good loan signing for teams in the lower leagues, perhaps League One given he hasn’t had too much club level experience.

Brahim Diaz

Brahim Diaz is a bright young talent that operates as an attacking midfielder and was initially signed by Man City from Malaga in 2015 for £200,000.

The Spaniard has made three appearances for Pep Guardiola’s side this season, the first two coming in the Champions League against Feyenoord and Shakhtar Donetsk where many fans were so impressed, they thought he could be the “new Messi”. The last one was his first start for the club against Leicester in the Carabao Cup, where he lasted 88 minutes before being subbed off.

He has represented Spain at many different youth levels and possesses good technical skill and Guardiola clearly admires the young man. The ability he possesses could be a real benefit to many clubs between now and the rest of the season but as he has been used a few times already, it’s unclear whether he’ll be allowed to leave.

Tosin Adarabioyo

The centre back is certainly one for the future and after only making a series of substitute appearances for City this season, could be another young starlet available for the lower clubs to take on loan.

The youngster has been the centre of attention recently for his high wages, after it was reported he was on £25000 a week. This clearly shows his ability, given the Sky Blues need to offer the youngster such a lucrative deal.

The question is will anyone take him on loan for the rest of the season to see if he can prove why he earns the money he does.

Bersant Celina

The 21-year old midfielder is one of City's more experienced youngsters. The Kosovo international is currently on loan at Ipswich Town and scored a stunning long range effort last weekend.

He would be available to play for Bristol City if recalled by Guardiola, perhaps if the Man City boss felt he would benefit from playing with a more in form side.

Celina has scored six goals in 22 matches for Ipswich this season, and scored five times from 27 matches while on loan with FC Twente in the Eredivisie last season.