John Bostock appeared to have the world at his feet when he broke through at Crystal Palace at the tender age of 15.
But fast forward 15 years and the golden boy who was tipped to dominate football is on the lookout for the 15th club of his career after leaving Doncaster Rovers earlier this summer.
That prospect of Bostock being without a permanent home at this age would have been almost unfathomable a decade-and-a-half ago. After all, the midfield maestro was a regular for England at youth level appeared to be destined for the very top after making his senior debut as a teenager for Palace.