So often, young footballers are touted for greatness only to find themselves stuck in football wilderness just years later - former Liverpool star Jerome Sinclair is the latest to have gone through the ignominy of that fate.
The forward was touted to be the next big thing out of the Reds’ academy having joined the club at the age 14 from West Bromwich Albion. That early promise was rewarded in earnest with a first-team debut for the Merseyside outfit at the age of 16 years and six days as he came off the bench in a League Cup showdown against his former club.
A prolific 20-goal season in the Reds’ youth ranks then saw the striker earn comparisons to Kop hero Michael Owen.
