Who is City’s Jahmai Simpson-Pusey? | OneFootball

Jahmai Simpson-Pusey is the newest member of Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad to make their competitive debut for Pep Guardiola’s senior squad.

The centre-back is a calm, graceful and towering defender who has been at City since he was eight years old and has perfected his craft since his first training session a decade ago.

Simpson-Pusey fits the City mould. The 18-year-old can showcase his strength when defending but also has a sharp eye for initiating attacks with clinical forward passing.

After signing his scholarship in July 2022, Simpson-Pusey has seen back-to-back progressions in the past two seasons, seeing him go from the Under-18s to the EDS squad where he will spend another season under Ben Wilkinson’s leadership.

The defender’s most memorable moments in Blue include captaining City’s Under-18s to FA Youth Cup glory following a 4-0 win over Leeds before being included in Guardiola’s pre-season squad that travelled to the States in the summer.

He went on the feature in our first two games against Celtic and AC Milan in what was an impressive showing by the young defender in front of thousands of fans.

But perhaps his senior debut as a second-half substitute in the Carabao Cup clash with Tottenham Hotspur now tops the list of key moments for him in his City journey.

Congratulations to Jahmai on making his senior Manchester City debut!