Big Tragedy as Man City Youngster Commits Suicide After Being Dropped by the Citizens

Big Tragedy as Man City Youngster Commits Suicide After Being Dropped by the Citizens

Babajide Orevba, Tshepiso Mametela
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:52 PM
  • An inquest has revealed that former Manchester City youngster Jeremy Wisten killed himself in October last year
  • The Englishman was said to have been depressed after been dropped from the academy due to the injury he sustained
  • Jeremy's parents explained that his body was found in the bedroom in the evening of October 24, 2020 when he refused to come down foe dinner

Former Manchester City academy player Jeremy Wisten on October 24 last year killed himself after he found it difficult to cope with the embarrassment of been dropped by those in charge of the youth team.

Jeremy Wisten was said to have started his football career at Manchester City academy when he was 13, and his dream was to play for the club's first team which did not come true.

According to the report on UK Sun and ESPN, Jeremy Wisten sustained an injury in 2018 and was unable to play for five months before Manchester City academy chiefs dropped him.

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola in unhappy mood. Image: Alexander Hassenstein
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Before been dropped, Jeremy Wisten was said to actually be on scholarship at Manchester City academy and it was the injury he sustained that made the club to drop him.

Why did he commit suicide?

The report added that Jeremy Wisten was found dead in his sister's bedroom by his mother after seeing his other teammates at the academy succeeding.

Tommy Doyle, Liam Delap and Cole Palmer who played alongside Wisten in City's youth teams have all since made their first team debuts.

The report also added Vincent Kompany was Jeremy Wisten's idol and his dream was to play at the highest level like the current manager of Belgian club RSC Anderlecht.

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Earlier, Briefly News had reported how Manchester City thrashed FC Brugge 4-1 to move ahead of Paris Saint-Germain at the summit of Group A in their Champions League encounter.

The Premier League champions had a slow start into the game but rallied back to get the needed win over the Belgian side.

Phil Foden opened the scoring in the 15 minutes with a simple tap-in into an empty net after Joao Cancelo's cross flashed across the face of goal.

Brugge came back into the game two minutes later as Charles De Ketelaere's shot was turned into the net by John Stones to restore parity.

Both sides went into the break equal but Pep Guardiola's side came out smoking in the second period of the game.

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Babajide Orevba
Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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Tshepiso Mametela
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