Manchester City U23 coach Brian Barry-Murphy is full of praise for James McAtee's early season form.
Attacking midfielder McAtee has been in magnificent form so far this term, scoring seven goals in total – including successive PL2 hat-tricks – to help us rise to top spot in the table.
“From my experience, the very best groups that form and go onto achieve the best they can be all have guys at the top who are willing to work hard for the rest of the lads," Barry-Murphy told City's website.
“From day one I've seen that and that's been the thing that has satisfied me the most.
“Cole (Palmer) shows that when playing with us which is very important, Sam (Edozie) has been excellent too and it's very important those players can adapt.
“James' attitude to these games has been spot on but I think we can push him even harder.
“I think there is loads of his game he can still develop, and he'll know that as he's a very intelligent player.
“But the way he's working in sync with the rest of the team is great for me because it's very valuable.
“I'm in the very early stages of getting to know James but I think he's conscious of the fact he wants to get into positions where he can score goals
“I think it's just about him putting himself in that position in the box all the time as much as he can in line with what the rest of his team-mates want and those options will flow.
“How many goals or assists he will get is hard to quantify but you can see there is a real focus on what he wants to become in the final third."
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