SA youth international goalkeeper Constandino “Costi” Christodoulou has gone on a dream trial with English champions Manchester City and could be in line to become the country’s next export to the Premier League. The 16-year-old Hilton College pupil‚ who trains with Maritzburg United‚ is the captain of SA’s under-17 team and played for them in the Cosafa Championship in Mauritius in July‚ where the side narrowly missed out on a place at the African U-17 Championship in Tanzania.
Christodoulou is the youngest player to have played in the Diski Challenge league and is highly rated by Maritzburg coach Fadlu Davids. The teenager flew to Britain at the weekend‚ took in the derby between Manchester City and Manchester United on Sunday and began his trial at the club on Monday. Strong signal City have flown him over for two weeks and completed all the legal documentation required by the Premier League for him to trial with them at their academy‚ which is a strong signal of their inte...
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