Man City Splashes Cash for Future Goalkeeper Glory…
Manchester City, known for their impressive bank-breaking skills, have dropped nearly a quarter of a million pounds on a 15-year-old Scottish goalkeeper. Yes, you read that right—£235,000 for a lad who hasn’t even had his 16th birthday yet! The prodigy in question, Ben Vickery, is set to join the City ranks in 2025 after wowing spectators at Hibernian and the Scottish Under-16 team.
This hefty fee means Vickery joins a rather exclusive crew of goalkeeping prodigies hoping to one day hear Pep Guardiola scream their names on Manaña Stadium’s touchlines. With fellow teens Max Hudson, Spike Brits, and Oliver Whatmuff already strutting their gloves near the senior side action, it seems Vickery’s arrival will turn City’s Academy into a goalkeeper galaxy! Who needs ninja reflexes when you’ve got City’s vault opening wide, am I right?
Meanwhile, in the land of the grown-ups, first-team keepers Ederson and Stefan Ortega are staying put and paid good money until 2026. When Ederson almost rode off to the Saudi sands last summer, Guardiola worked his charm (and probably a chinwag) to keep him. In the meantime, Ortega flaunts a shiny new contract but can hardly nudge Ederson out of those goalkeeping gloves. As City’s young guns bask in glory, winning leagues and cups, it’s cloudy with a chance of spectacular saves—or at least a royal cash shower!
