When a young player emerges, we will hope that his career will be on the rise, but in the fiercely competitive Premier League , some young players have failed to realize their potential by chance. "442" has included 20 Premier League players who have failed to fulfill their talents for us...
Michael Blanche ( Everton )
Among the 20 youngest players who scored goals in the Premier League, 7 of them achieved such achievements in Everton. Blanche is one of the players who failed to realize his potential. In the 1996-97 season, Blanche made a breakthrough in his career. The local scorer born in , Liverpool, , scored 3 Premier League goals for the Toffees.
However, Blanche failed to make progress. After joining , Manchester City , Birmingham and , Wolves on loan, he was bought out by the latter in 2000. Blanche also had a good start with the Wolves, but a year later, the new head coach took office and gradually lost favor. After leaving Wolves, he joined Bradford, Chester and Halifax in lower leagues. In 2012, Blanche was imprisoned for drug crimes. Such an experience is sad, isn’t it?
Freddy Hills (West Ham United)
Facing Milwall , no matter what level of game you can score a hat trick, it will win the hearts of fans. In 2007, Hills did this on behalf of West Ham United U18, and he quickly attracted the attention of West Ham United fans.
A year later, Hills scored a winning goal against Blackburn in his Premier League debut, and the native scorer is believed to be the darling of the East London club. However, in the next 45 league games for West Ham United, Hills scored only 1 goal. During his loan spell, he still scored weakly and lost no results in 38 games. Now, Hills is 28 years old and currently plays in Ipswich in English champion .
Francis-Jeffers (Everton)
Jeffers made his debut on Old Trafford against Manchester United. In the 1999-2000 season, Jeffers scored 6 goals in various competitions for Everton, and in the following season despite injuries, he still scored 7 goals in 14 games.
In 2001, Jeffers rejected the new contract given by Everton and joined Arsenal for 8 million pounds. The then Arsenal coach Wenger once called Jeffers a "fox in the penalty area" and was "obsessed with goals." But during his time at Arsenal, he only scored 8 goals for the Gunners. After joining Charlton in 2004, his condition has not improved.
Jeffers played for England national team . After leaving Charlton, he wandered around several clubs, including Wanderers, Blackburn, Ipswich, Sheepswich, Newcastle Jets, Motherwell , Akerlington and Malta club Floriana.
Matthew Bridges (Fulham )
As a regular visitor to England's youth teams at all levels, Bridges made his debut for Fulham in 2007. At that time, he was only 16 years old, two months and four days, which made him the youngest player in Premier League history to make his debut. Three years later, Bridges, who plays as left-back, is an important part of Fulham's UEFA Cup finals, but he has never been a regular starter for the team. During his seven years at Fulham, he has only played 29 games for the team.
In 2014, Fulham and Bridges terminated their contract. He joined another team in London City, Millwall. The left-back's debut at Millwall was full of controversy. He scored a winning goal for the team and was sent off with a red card. After playing 12 games for Millwall, Bridges began to hang out at some low-level balls.
Mark Kennedy (Liverpool)
Kennedy's transfer to Liverpool reached 1.5 million pounds, which made him the most valuable young player in British football at that time. But this proved to be a bad investment. Kennedy played only 18 games for the team in three seasons, and Liverpool then loaned him out to QPR for training, hoping that he could get more playing time. After Liverpool's career, Kennedy has wandered around. He has played for Wimbledon, Manchester City, Wolves, Crystal Palace, Cardiff City and Ipswich, but he has never realized his potential.
Jose Baxter (Everton)
Baxter joined the Everton youth training camp when he was 6 years old. In the club's youth teams at all levels, he broke several records previously held by Rooney , Ian Rush and Irving . Against Blackburn, he became the youngest player in club history to score goals for the first team, which made the Toffees have high hopes for him. However, in 2012, Baxter refused the contract renewal offered by the club to him due to his desire to get more playing time.
However, after the transfer to Crystal Palace failed, Baxter finally joined the English League One club Odham. He later joined Sheffield United, but in 2015, Baxter was suspended for failing drug tests, although he claimed he had just drank some alcohol-containing beverages.
Fabio (Manchester United)
In 2007, Fabio and his twin brother Rafael joined Manchester United from Fluminense , but the former never caught up with the progress of his brothers at Old Trafford. Fabio performed well with Manchester United in his first preseason, but the shoulder injury delayed his progress. In the 2009-10 season, when Fabio finally entered the first team, he was sent off with a red card in his second game for Manchester United, a League Cup match between Manchester United and Wolves.
Indeed, Fabio started to compete in the 2011 Champions League final against Barcelona, which was the highlight of his career. Although he was already well-known when he joined Manchester United, Fabio has never been an important member of the team.
However, Fabio is still working very hard. After joining QPR and Cardiff City on loan, he was bought out by the latter in 2014. In August 2016, Mibor, who returned to the Premier League, signed Fabio. After two seasons at the Riverside Stadium, the Brazilian defender joined Ligue 1 Nantes this summer.
Michael Bridges ( Sunderland )
James Vaughan (Everton)
After scoring a goal for Everton in 2005, Vaughan was inevitably compared with Rooney. At the age of 16 and 271 days, Vaughn became the Toffees and was also the youngest player in Premier League history. He broke the record of Milner .
But in the following years, injuries severely hindered Vaughan's progress, and before joining Norwich in 2011, he only started for Everton in eight games. At Carlo Road Stadium, Vaughan's playing time was also quite limited, and he only played 5 games for Norwich. In a last resort, he went to the English Championship Huddersfield and Birmingham to play, hoping to get more playing time.After a period of career at the English League One team, Vaughan is now playing for Wigan, the Champions League.
Januzai (Manchester United)
After leaving Manchester United, Januzai's career cannot be said to be a complete failure. He is now playing for Real Sociedad. In the World Cup this summer, he also helped Belgium win the third place in the World Cup. But to be fair, Januzai has never reached the height he had at the earliest in his career at Old Trafford.
Moyes When coaching Manchester United, 18-year-old Januzai may be the only player who has been positively affected, and some even suggested that England should persuade the Belgians to change their nationality and join the Three Lions. However, Januzai's career quickly went downhill, and after a time when he was unsatisfied with loans to Dort and Sunderland, Januzai's career began to improve.
Malcolm Christie ( Derbyshire )
Christie can be said to be the original version of Valdi . When he was 18 years old, he worked part-time in the supermarket while playing football for non-league team Newneton. Many, he escaped the shelves and made his mark in the Premier League. In the 2000-01 season, Christie scored 12 goals in the Premier League for Derby County, which made him the team's patron saint.
However, Christie's form has not been maintained for long, and after Derby County was relegated to the English Championship, his form has also declined to a certain extent. In 2003, Christie was sold to Fort Mitchell, and he scored in his debut against Sunderland, but due to injury, he played only 43 league games for the team in four seasons. In 2009, a spinal injury left Christie relentlessly, and later it was said that he was a car salesperson.
Karl Cote (Wimbledon)
Korte's height reaches 6 feet 4 inches (about 1.93 meters), which seems to be tailor-made for Joe Kinnear's Wimbledon long pass and hanging. In the 1997-98 season, Cote entered Wimbledon's first team, and he quickly showed his scoring ability, defeating Newcastle 3-1, and he scored in the first minute of the game.
After Wimbledon was relegated in 2000, Kurt joined Newcastle, but injuries to hamstrings, ankles and knees made him struggling at St James Park stadium . During his time with the Wolves, he experienced a better career. In the 2004-05 season, he scored 15 goals in the Championship, and his career in Leicester City , Marbella, Norwich , Brentford and Tampa Bay thugs are hard to say.
Michael- Johnson (Manchester City)
Liverpool showed interest in Johnson, but Manchester City refused to sell it, and they renewed their contract with the young midfielder for five years. However, injuries and off-court skirmishes have made Johnson's career a mess, and he has never been able to play professionally since he was terminated by Manchester City in 2012. After becoming a gourmet restaurant owner, Johnson started a real estate agency in 2015.
Macheda (Manchester United)
Macheda's debut at Manchester United is a dream for many young players. In 2009, against Villa , Macheda scored a winning goal in injury time, putting Manchester United in a favorable position in the league championship competition. A week later, the Italian scored another goal against Sunderland. However, Macheda hoped to join Serie A on loan while Sir Ferguson refused his request. The Scottish coach wanted to loan him to a British club. Since then, Macheda quickly lost trust at Manchester United.
In 2014, Macheda was terminated by Manchester United. He had no sense of accomplishment in his career in Cardiff City, Nottingham Forest and Novara. He only scored 16 league goals in four seasons.However, Macheda is now 27 years old and hopes to reinvent his career at Olympiacos.
Rich Humphries (Xie Wednesday)
returned to the Premier League, and Humphries continued his good form in the preseason. He scored 3 goals in 4 games, of which he also won the best goal of the season against Leicester City. However, Humphries has not been able to keep this form for long, and he spent most of his career in League One and League Two.
Giuseppe Rossi (Manchester United)
Sir Ferguson once said that Rossi was the purest finisher trained by Manchester United's youth training camp after Scholes . He is believed to be a regular rotation player for Manchester United's first team. Rossi scored a goal against Sunderland in his Premier League debut, but the Italian was soon loaned to Parma and Newcastle and sold to Villarreal in 2007.
Although Sir Ferguson reserves the right to buy Rossi back, the Italians have never been able to return to Old Trafford. His career was plagued by severe knee injuries, and Rossi spent the entire season recovering from injury in 2012-13 and 2014-15.
Rossi played in Genoa in the 2017-18 season, but he was recently involved in a ban on drugs, although it turned out to be a false alarm. After leaving Genoa, Rossi is now a free agent.
Danny Cadamatry (Everton)
However, when Irving kept scoring goals, Kadamatri failed to score for almost a year, and he only scored two goals. In the summer of 2001, Kadamatri was charged with assault and his career in Everton fell to a low point. The following year, he joined Bradford. Afterwards, Cadamatry had played for eight clubs, including Sheffield, Leicester City, Huddersfield and Carlisle.
m Kyle Fossel ( Chelsea )
Chelsea introduced him from Helsinki when he was 17 years old. He made his debut against Oxford United in the League Cup and scored two goals. A few days later, he scored in the Premier League match against Nottingham Forest. It looks like Chelsea has brought in a real scorer, but the arrival of Chris Sutton has given Fossel a five-time loan career.
During his loan spell, Foussell was able to play well most of the time during his time at Crystal Palace (two times), Borussia Mönchengladbach (1 time) and Birmingham (two times), but at Chelsea, the opportunity he wanted never came. In 2005, Forsel was bought out by Birmingham, and he later played for Hanover , Leeds United, Bochum and the club Helsinki where he dreamed of.
Collins John (Fulham)
Don't confuse Collins John with former Fulham midfielder John Collins, a Dutch shooter who showed good form immediately after joining Fulham from Twenter in January 2004. Collins John scored four goals for Fulham in his first three games, making the £600,000 transfer fee the club spent on him look cheap.
John has been making steady progress until the 2005-06 season, which season he scored a career-high 11 league goals and helped the Netherlands win the U21 European Youth Championship.However, when Laurie Sanchez coached Fulham, Collins John quickly lost his main position, which took a major blow to his career and he has not recovered from such setbacks. Collins John is only 32 years old now. The last time he came into sight was during his time in Pittsburgh in the United States in 2014.
Merida (Arsenal)
In 2005, Arsenal defeated Milan and Real Madrid and signed Hope Star Merida from Barcelona. He was only 16 years old at that time. Two years later, Merida made her debut in the bench against Newcastle, and that season, he won two more chances in the League Cup.
After being loaned to Real Sociedad in December 2007, Merida had a platform to showcase his skills, and he also successfully impressed Wenger. The Frenchman asked the club to renew his salary increase with Merida in 2008. However, Merida failed to take the final step to joining the Gunners’ first team. In 2010, Merida joined Atletico Madrid, but he did not have much impact in the Spanish capital. Since 2016, Merida has been playing for Osasuna of Segment 2 .
(Two Monsters)
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