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title: "Taylor Harwood-Bellis – Profile"
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published: "2020-06-09T11:30:51Z"
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# Taylor Harwood-Bellis – Profile

**Name: Taylor Harwood-Bellis**

**Club: Manchester City**

**Date of Birth: 30 January 2002**

**Position: Centre-back**

## Taylor Harwood-Bellis – his career so far

Hailing from Stockport and the same *Stockport Metro Junior League* that produced his **Manchester City** teammate **Phil Foden**, the 18-year-old **Taylor Harwood-Bellis** has been a part of the *Citizens’* academy ever since he was only six years of age.

And interestingly enough, the young defender also formed a partnership in the backline with another bright prospect of the academy who joined at a much later stage in his development, **Eric Garcia**. The whole generation seems incredible for **Man City** at this point and the best part is, they are only now starting to fully blossom and emerge onto the scene.

**Harwood-Bellis**, however, hasn’t had the exposure to the senior team his teammates have enjoyed since their progress from the academy. The imposing 18-year-old centre-back is still registered as **Man City’s** U23 squad member and can only boast with a handful of appearances for the first-team in his young career.

But he did climb the youth ranks quite quickly and with great impressions. He ended up playing a total of 18 games for the U18 squad, even netting an impressive three goals in the process as well. On a similar note, his ventures in the *Youth Cup* with the UEFA U19 team were equally good as he mustered ten appearances with a goal on the side as well as **City** clawed their way towards the final of the competition.

Still, his biggest contribution to date is to the U23s, for whom he played a total of 31 games and netted two goals in the process as well.

**Harwood-Bellis’** professional debut arrived when he was named in the starting lineup for **Man City’s** *EFL Cup* clash against **Preston North End** in September 2019 and prior to that, he would also feature in the team’s pre-season US tour.

Since then, he could muster three additional appearances for the seniors, bagging one goal in the *FA Cup* as well.

## **Transfer latest**

The biggest [**Manchester City news**](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-news/) on the youngster is definitely the decision the club and **Pep Guardiola** will make on his future. He is only 18 years of age so there’s still a way for him to go in terms of progression and development but he’s been a regular with their U23s for quite some time now and he could probably use some first-team experience, either with the *Citizens* or possibly even on loan.

Either way, it wouldn’t really be a bad idea to show some faith in him and maybe push him towards the seniors a bit more often, just to ensure his immediate future remains linked to the *Etihad*.

Of course, with the summer transfer window approaching, **City** should also be alert to any *transfer rumours* or *transfer news* trying to unsettle the kid. At this point, however, nothing indicates they should be scared just yet.

## **Player profile**

**Harwood-Bellis** is an imposing and powerful central defender that is well capable of shrugging attackers off the ball and then initiating attacks by himself when he’s in possession and has successfully forced a turnover.

When it comes to his positioning, the youngster usually has to deal with long-balls and aerial threats as **City’s** box is often bombarded in such a manner. But it’s interesting to see how he’s also aggressive in his approach as he often leaves his position in order to engage the opposition in a duel.

And while he still has to work on his decision-making and body orientation when defending, this is mostly due to the sheer inexperience and young age. He is, however, comfortable on the ball and would suit **Man City’s** style of play if given a proper chance.