Samba and Heskey fire

IT might be the sons of Emile Heskey who command the most attention from observers around the Manchester City academy, but he isn’t the only professional footballer to have two boys coming through the ranks.

- By TYRONE MARSHALL

Heskey was sitting in the stands to watch Reigan play on the left wing in City Under-19s Youth League opener against Napoli.

He had trained with Pep Guardiola’s first team yesterday, but while Stephen Mfuni and Divine Mukasa stayed with the squad for the Champions League tie, 17-year-old Heskey was back with Ben Wilkinson's youngsters.

But it was 16-year-old midfielder Floyd Samba, son of former Blackburn Rovers defender Christopher Samba, who stole the show, scoring the goal that handed City a winning start in a competition they are desperate to finally win.