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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"Sacha Lewis Turns Pro at Manchester City, Following Brother Rico's Path","sacha-lewis-turns-pro-manchester-city-rico-brother-sister-football","football","Football: Transfers","Marcus Wright","Rico Lewis' sister Sacha signs her first professional deal with Manchester City Women, deepening the family's bond with the club.","2026-08-04 15:39:46","2 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002F3c53\u002Flive\u002F66cef900-9011-11f1-aabc-c3c7aa714117.jpg",[93,94,95],"Women's Super League","Manchester City","Youth Football","## Rico and Sacha Lewis Sign Professional Deals at Manchester City\n\nSacha Lewis has signed her first professional contract with Manchester City Women, moving from the academy into the senior setup. She is the second member of the Lewis household to secure a paid deal with the City Football Group. Her brother, **Rico Lewis**, is an established England international and a regular in Pep Guardiola's first-team squad.\n\nBoth siblings have come through the club's developmental pathway and now hold professional status within the same broader footballing structure.\n\n## Rico's Route to the First Team\n\nRico Lewis broke into the City first team at **17** and quickly became known for his tactical intelligence. He has accumulated multiple Premier League appearances, earned a senior England cap, and become a trusted option at both fullback and inverted midfield.\n\nHis trajectory offers a template for integrating academy graduates into one of the most tactically demanding systems in European football. That path now sets the context for his younger sister as she begins her professional journey.\n\n## Breaking Into Gareth Taylor's Squad\n\nSacha's route into the senior squad is steeper than the one Rico followed. Women's Super League rosters are leaner, and Manchester City Women have historically recruited aggressively at the senior level. Breaking into Gareth Taylor's matchday squad demands positional dependability as much as technical promise.\n\nPromotion from the academy to a professional contract signals that City's coaching staff already trust attributes beyond raw potential. Whether that trust converts to competitive starts depends on weekly training performances and any available cup opportunities.\n\n## The Women's Academy Pipeline\n\nManchester City Women have invested steadily in their academy structure over recent seasons, aiming to mirror the developmental culture that has powered the men's program. Sacha Lewis's professional contract validates that internal pipeline and offers a visible case study of its output.\n\nThe signing formalizes an unusual arrangement: two siblings on professional terms at the same club, across the men's and women's elite structures. For Sacha, the professional contract guarantees status. 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