For whatever reason, it is fascinating to talk about those stars that shone so bright that they burnt out before they could ever really make an impact, and speculate about what could have been if they had just stayed healthy.
It’s a well-worn path at this stage that it’s almost a cliche to talk about the wonderkids who never got the chance to prove themselves, but while that’s where the story ends as far as most of us are concerned, life still goes on for them.
They have to find a life after the career they had worked so hard for was taken away from them. Here’s what became of seven Premier League prodigies forced to retire through injury.
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