Manchester City chief Garry Cook has confirmed plans to start bringing through young Arab talent at Eastlands. Cook admits that City's long-term plans involve identifying a rising star from within the United Arab Emirates.

Cook said: "We have a Premier League football club which can match the ambitions of young players growing up and developing in Abu Dhabi, or in the UAE.

"We are a platform for the UAE and I would anticipate that, in the next five years, we'd like to see a young Emirati player develop in the Premier League."