article_snippet.sent: Belgian defender Dedryck Boyata, who has started nine league games in nearly six years at Manchester City, is the only former academy player anywhere near first-team contention.
article_snippet.sent: Defender Dedryck Boyata
article_snippet.sent: (right) is City's only academy player near first-team contention .
article_snippet.sent: They are joined by four academy players — Thierry Ambrose, George Glendon, Jose Angel Tasende and Jose Angel Pozo, although Spaniard Pozo is the only one to have been near the first team this season.
article_snippet.sent: Patrick Vieira is overseeing the City academy's production of youth and homegrown players .