[1] He played for Altrincham, where he spent seven years,[3] as well as grassroots team De La Salle before joining Premier League side Manchester City in 2016, at the age of thirteen.
[4][6][7] The following day, his former club Manchester City announced the news via their Twitter account, with current players and former teammates paying tribute.
[9] During the inquest, Manchester Area coroner, Zak Golombeck, concluded that Wisten had committed suicide by hanging on the "balance of probabilities".
[6] Manchester City's sports psychologists had carried out mental health screenings for Wisten both before and after he was informed that he would be released by the club, but no concerns about his wellbeing were raised at either time.
[1] He had been close friends with fellow professional footballer Tyrhys Dolan, as the two and met while both in the Manchester City academy at the age of fourteen.
[15][16][17] In April 2021, then-Watford player Max Thompson founded Tape 2 Talk, a campaign designed to help raise awareness of mental health, following the death of Wisten.