Louis made his breakthrough to the under-18s team last season, making 10 appearances in the FA Premier Youth League for City. He is said to possess an excellent singing voice to boot.

Hutton joined the Academy from Leeds United along with best friend George Swan in October 2009 and has since gone on to make his debut for England u17s against Finland in August 2010.

A dynamic midfielder, Louis makes driving runs from deep and has the lung capacity to make recovery runs to ward off opposition attacks. Hutton was named in the EDS squad for last season’s NextGen Series and will be hoping to play a part in City’s second campaign in 2012/13.