In January 2013, the Daily Mail published a list of 15 English “teen stars” they were adamant you should get excited about – but how have they fared since?
Almost a decade on, we’re able to look back and judge how strong their shouts were. It’s fair to say that the players on this list have enjoyed ‘mixed’ success.
Nine years on, we’re starting to doubt some of these will ever play for England…
George Green (Everton)
The then 17-year-old had signed a professional contract with Everton after moving from Bradford, apparently “drawing comparisons with Paul Gascoigne”.
However, he never went made a senior appearance for the Toffees, admitting in 2015 he “moved too fast” and left the money go to his head, sometimes not even bothering to turn up for training.
He suffered from depression but turned down help, and after a brief spell at Oldham following his Everton release, he found himself playing in the eighth tier for Ossett Town.
Green has since got his life back on track and has played in the Scottish and Norwegian top flights with Kilmarnock and Viking respectively, while he is currently back in English football with non-league Ossett United – which rose from the ashes of his former club.
Jerome Sinclair (Liverpool)
Sinclair became the youngest player to ever appear for Liverpool when he was handed his debut by Brendan Rodgers in a League Cup tie in 2012, but the pacy forward only went on to make a couple of further appearances for the Reds.
The 25-year-old is currently a free agent and hasn’t played professionally since being released by Watford in summer 2021. He was last seen turning out on loan at CSKA Sofia, having been recruited for the Bulgarian club by then technical director Alan Pardew.
Jordan Rossiter (Liverpool)
According to Robbie Fowler, the young midfielder could have been “the next Steven Gerrard”, but the actual Steven Gerrard didn’t appear to fancy him.
He left Liverpool for Rangers in 2016 but struggled to get games at Ibrox. He then left the Scottish giants in 2020 and spent a couple of years at Fleetwood Town before joining Joey Barton’s Bristol Rovers in the summer.
John Lundstram (Everton)
The Liverpudlian had six loan spells at various Football League clubs as he spent three years on Everton’s books between 2012 and 2015 before eventually making the permanent move to Oxford United.
Lundstram became a key part of Oxford’s team as they won promotion from League Two in 2016-17, before…
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