Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says he's keen to bring through more of their young players.

Several of Patrick Vieira's EDS squad have made it to the bench this season including Bersant Celina, Sinan Bytyqi, George Glendon, Thierry Ambrose and Jose Angel Tasende all unused subs throughout the campaign.

"I think it is very important for our group to help the development of the younger players," said Pellegrini told City's website.

"It is very difficult for them to progress to the first team because we have a very strong, competitive squad and each season we are buying new, important players.

"The fact we are now all training together at the CFA makes a huge difference because the youngsters can be around professional players every day will be very useful for them and the way we are working means that I'm sure we'll have a number of youngsters progressing through to the first team."