Kenyan youngster, Aymen Lucas Onyango snubbed Liverpool and Manchester United before signing for Manchester City Academy last month, his father Lucas Onyango has disclosed.Onyango Junior made headlines last month when he inked a deal with City’s U9 team and is currently the only player with Kenyan roots at the club. His dad, Lucas Onyango Senior, is a former Kenya rugby player who relocated to the UK after retiring from the game and serving in some administrative capacity in Kenyan rugby.##NAJAVA_MECA_7220357##In an interview, Odhiambo revealed that they had visited a number of academies, including Liverpool and United’s academies, before settling on City, which he says is one of the best academies at the moment, and the youngster found it comfortable for him.”City are one of the best academies right now. We were at Liverpool, we were at United, and every academy has its positives and negatives. But I always believe that with sports, it is a matter of where the child is comfortable, and Aymen was comfortable at City, and that’s how we let it be,” he told Citizen TV.The youngster has a favorite player at City’s first team. Phil Foden, who came through City’s academy, is the player he adores and hopes to follow in his path.”His favorite player is Phil Foden because he is a local boy who used to live right next to where my warehouse is in Manchester. He loves Foden because he sees himself going through Foden’s path to the senior team.”Odhiambo went on to praise his son for being hardworking as he transitioned from rugby to football.”Aymen is one person who is never scared of working hard. I saw him go from rugby to football when he was five years old. This journey started three years ago, and it is just now, when he signed for Manchester City, that we let Kenyans and the world know because it will motivate other kids back at home.”.Salim Babu and four other coaches that can replace Kimani at Bandari
