In 2008, The Guardian published a list of 20 'future English stars' at the time of 18 years or younger. Their hit rate in predicting the future was extremely mixed.
The list throws many recognizable names, some brilliant descriptions that are now difficult to believe, plus different players who have disappeared in a uncertainty.
Here we see which of the '20 Future England Stars' has realized the invoicing of the newspaper.
The Guardian noted that Baxter was “better than Wayne Rooney on 14”, but he is a warning story. The talented attacking midfielder fell to League One in 2012 and is banned twice for the failure of drug tests.
The 28-year-old had a third chance to revive his career when he was offered a 12-month contract in 2017 by Everton, and after a season of training and playing with their under-23 side.
Proverbs at Oldham Athletic and Plymouth Argyle followed, and his last step was to sign for Memphis 901 in the second level of American football in 2020, before retiring a year later at the age of 29.
At the age of 18 -Barriers was named Sheffield's Player of the Year and was regularly connected to a switch to a Premier League club.
He was mentioned in League One's team of the season in 2017 after he had helped Bolton to recover promotion to the championship.
The defender did the same with Peterborough in 2020-21 and returned the last term before he went to A-League-Outfit Perth Glory.
Now 35 years old, Beevers is playing for Bradford Park Avenue in the Northern Premier League Division One East.
A senior debut of Crystal Palace at the age of only 15 led a year later to a move to Tottenham. But Bostock never settled at Spurs and was lent five times before he finally left for Royal Antwerp.
The attacking midfielder signed in July 2018 for Ligue 1-outfit Toulouse, only six months after he arrived at Bursaspor on a contract of two and a half years before he came to Doncaster Rovers in January 2021.
After Notts County was helped to the EFL in 2023, Bostock now plays for Solihull Moors in the National League.
A legend of football manager, Delfouneso had four different spells with Blackpool before moving to Bolton two years ago. The striker, now 31, still has to reach double digits in one season.
He is currently not connected.
The Guardian deserves the honor for this, even if he was not exactly a favorite with fans at Everton.
It was sad to see that he retired early at the age of 32, but his last few years at Goodison were destroyed by an injury, and he enjoyed a great career in Aston Villa and Manchester City.
He played for England and has lifted the Premier League trophy, so we give them this.
The midfielder had not seemed to be a football player for a while, making the headlines in March 2020 a teammate heads of a teammate in Aston Villa training.
Drinking water played football for the first time for the first time in 2017, on loan at Championship Side Reading.
His deal at Stamford Bridge was allowed to expire and he has since spoken frankly about where it all went wrong.
Drinking water spent the entire season 2022-23 as a free agent and retired shortly thereafter.
“An elusive right -sided midfielder or in -depth forward, and just as happy in the hole or floating wide right.”
Henderson's competition has changed somewhat, but as a captain of Champions League & Premier League-winning, you cannot argue with this choice.
As lucky, we spoke with the former Arsenal full-back. He is now coming to Non League for Folkestone Invicta.
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The next Jack Wilshere rejected at the age of 16 to Real Madrid and Manchester United to stay in Chelsea, but suffered from the well -known story of too many loan movements.
After an injury for four years in Brentford, a short spell in Birmingham and a year in Milton Keynes, he now plays in the Oxford United Championship.
After he looked promising in Arsenal, Lansbury earned a reputation as one of the best midfielders in the Championship in Nottingham Forest before he joined Aston Villa in January 2016.
He retired in 2023 after he had helped Luton Town to win promotion to the Premier League.
Chelsea paid £ 1 million on land Mellis van Sheffield United, which means that he cost exactly £ 1 million per minute in the first team of Blues.
The midfielder has since been touring the north of England, appears for Barnsley, Blackpool, Oldham, Bury, Mansfield and Bolton-Voordat, he migrated to the south earlier this year with Stints in Gillingham and Southend United United States for a move to Non-League Leaderen.
He retired in 2023 as a result of injuries.
Changing his international loyalty to Nigeria probably did not help the chances that Moses settled with England.
A nomadic career currently sees the 34-year-old in Luton Town.
“Tip for Shearer-like Scorefeates” by The Guardian, Ranger was arranged in Newcastle's worst striker of the Mike Ashley era.
You will not be surprising to hear that he was fired by Southend in January 2018 and has since been playing in Non-League, signed in September last year for Kettering Town.
Rodwell earned many compliments in Everton and ultimately a move to Manchester City, but his career has been undermined by a large number of injuries.
It took an even worse turn in 2017-18, but Rodwell made only three performances for Sunderland throughout the season because they members a second consecutive relegation, who eventually lost him at the end of that campaign.
After an enchantment with Blackburn, Rodwell was signed by Sheffield United in January 2020, but only made one Premier League appearance.
Last year the midfielder signed a two-year deal with Western Sydney Wanderers-en He actually hit double digits for the performances for the Australian Club, which so far recorded three goals in 14 A-League matches.
He last played for Sydney FC and is currently a free agent.
Do you remember when he scored the winner on his debut in West Ham and everyone was dead happy? That was good.
Do you remember when he scored for Crystal Palace against Bristol City, but the ball immediately bounced back from the goal and the referee didn't give it? That was also pretty good to be honest.
Sears now plays for Chatham Town in the Isthmian League Premier Division after productive spells in Ipswich and Colchester.
Still in Charlton when this list was published, Shelvey's move to Liverpool may not have worked, but the midfielder settled as a Premier League player at Swansea and Newcastle.
He is quite proud of his career, as evidenced by the fact that he likes to let guests look at his highlights after a night out.
That Guy is still blooming in the Premier League in Brighton. The Guardian article compares Welbeck with Nwankwo Kanu, which is less strange than it sounds.
After a clear start at Leeds, a combination of injuries, Neil Warnock tries to turn the left back into a right wing and Brian McDermott played him like a no. 10 for White on Elland Road.
He withdrew in 2023 after his enchantment in Rochdale.
Unfortunately, his potential has not fulfilled Barcelona since that night.
Wilshere retired last year and has since recorded a new job as the under-18 coach of Arsenal. We are still a bit stripped that he did not have the career he could and should have demonstrated.
Signed by Chelsea van Leeds United In addition to Tom Taiwo-Danny Rose, the Verhuzuzuzing-Woods came to Hartlepool in 2014 and spent the last six seasons in Non-League, which has currently planted his trade in Whitby Town.
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