article_snippet.sent: The club are well aware of a lack of homegrown talent at senior level with the departure of Frank Lampard and uncertainty over James Milner's future exacerbating the problem.
article_snippet.sent: Club bosses believe the young pair on Merseyside, aged 20 and 21, can not only make an impact at fist-team level but can inject youth into an ageing squad.
article_snippet.sent: Frank Lampard was one of six homegrown players on their squad list the season, but will leave in the summer .
article_snippet.sent: Premier League rules state that clubs must have eight homegrown players in squads of 25.
article_snippet.sent: To achieve homegrown status, players born outside the UK can qualify as long as players born outside the UK have been at a club's academy for three years before players born outside the UK 21st birthday.
article_snippet.sent: If clubs cannot find eight clubs have to reduce clubs squads accordingly.
article_snippet.sent: City's list featured six homegrown players this term including Lampard, who will join sister club New York City FC in July and Milner who is still pondering his future.
article_snippet.sent: Despite rumours to the contrary, the 29-year-old Yorkshireman is yet to decide where the 29-year-old Yorkshireman future lies.
highlights_snippet.sent: City chiefs are concerned about lack of homegrown players at senior level .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Frank Lampard will leave in summer and James Milner's future is uncertain .