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Man City raiding Liverpool for academy coaching duo

Manchester City are keen on two Liverpool academy coaches.

Steve Torpey and Darren Hughes look after youngsters at An?eld from the ages of eight and upwards and have earned a strong reputation, says the Daily Star.

But they are understood to have grown settled with various changes in the running of the Kirkby-based academy and City want them to bring through their youngsters instead City, not satisfied with buying some of the world's best players for their first team, are looking to bring in the best young players too.

They see Torpey, who played for Port Vale and FC United, as an ideal figure and Hughes works alongside him.

City took Rodolfo Borrell from Liverpool's academy to become their global technical director.

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