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Joseph Bursik
Club then: Stoke City
Club now: Portsmouth
The goalkeeper made 53 appearances for Stoke, as well as completing six loan spells before joining Club Brugge in 2023. After a loan spell at Hibernian last year, Bursik returned to England this year to join Championship side Portsmouth.
Danny Namasu
Club then: reading
Club now: Auxerre
The striker, formerly known as Danny Loader, made 35 appearances for Reading before Berkshire moved to Portugal in 2020 to join Porto. Namasu played more than 100 matches for Porto’s first team. The striker, currently on loan in France with Auxerre, has switched his citizenship to Cameroon and won his first five caps this year.
Emile Smith Rowe
Club then: Arsenal
Club now: Fulham
The midfielder made 115 appearances for Arsenal’s first team and won three England caps before joining Fulham last year for an initial fee of £27m. Smith Rowe made 124 Premier League appearances, scoring 19 goals.
Billy Crellin
Club then: Fleetwood Town
Club now: Glentoran
The goalkeeper made 13 appearances for Fleetwood, as well as loans to FC United, Chorley and Bolton Wanderers, before joining Everton in 2022. Crellin left Everton earlier this year without making a first-team appearance after a loan spell with Accrington Stanley and joined Northern Irish side Glentoran last week.
Jadon Sancho
Club then: Borussia Dortmund
Club now: Aston Villa
The winger missed the Under-17 World Cup final after being recalled by Dortmund, where he won the German Cup before joining Manchester United in 2021. Sancho has since left on loan with Dortmund, Chelsea and Aston Villa, the latter of which he currently plays for. He played 23 international matches for England, but has not played for his country since 2021.
Steve Cooper (coach)
The team then: England U17
Team now: Brøndby
Cooper remained in the position until 2019 when he joined Swansea City as first-team manager. He remained in South Wales until 2021 before joining Nottingham Forest a few months later, where he led them to the Premier League. Cooper was sacked in December 2023 when the club was ranked 17th in the table, and then spent a short period at Leicester City last year. He now manages Danish club Brøndby.
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