Manchester City boss Sven Goran Eriksson has been impressed by young left-back Shaleum Logan.

Logan's cause is helped by the fact that regular left-back Michael Ball will be suspended for the opening two matches of the season, a legacy of his red card against United in last May's derby.

At present there are no other left-sided players among the senior squad, while Logan has played on both flanks at reserve team level.

It is a point not be lost on boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, who watched with admiration as Logan produced a Man of the Match performance as a right-sided midfielder against Orgryte IS on Wednesday.

"Shaleum is normally a right or left-back, but I think that he did very, very well and he impressed me," confirmed the manager, after Logan had scored one and made one in the 4-1 win over the Swedes.

"He's yet another Academy player who looks at home, both in training and during matches.

"I've seen a lot of him in the last 10 days and he's looked sharp. I like him very much.

"He is very versatile, which could be useful for us."