Man City to unveil statue in tribute of Colin Bell, Francis Lee & Mike Summerbee
Manchester City will unveil a new tribute celebrating club legends Colin Bell, Francis Lee and Mike Summerbee ahead of next week's Champions League clash with RB Leipzig.
The legendary City triumvirate are the latest to be immortalised by the club, with statues already erected for Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and David Silva.
Now City want to pay homage to their trophy-laden years across the late 1960s and early 1970s.
World-renowned sculptor David Williams-Ellis has been the man chosen to deliver the tribute following an exhaustive selection process led by City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.
'It is a great honour to create a work of art for Manchester City Football Club celebrating the diverse, talented players, Bell, Lee and Summerbee,' Williams-Ellis said.
'It's been an extraordinary last two years, working on this project that celebrates these players from a great era in Manchester City's football history.
'I hope that the work will give a sense of history and place to the legions of fans and visitors that come to the football ground from around the world and become an enduring part of Manchester's cultural landscape.'
The Bell, Lee and Summerbee tribute will be located on the west side outside the Etihad Stadium and will be unveiled on Tuesday morning ahead of a UEFA Champions League meeting with RB Leipzig later that day.
Fans will then be invited to visit the permanent tribute to an extraordinary era in City's history throughout the day.
Designed and created at his home studio in Oxfordshire, Williams-Ellis' work on this commission has focused on capturing the motion and characteristics of each player and embodying the spirit of their combined 30 years representing City.
This initiative is the latest in a series of
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