Inspired by Arsenal playing a wee boy at Brentford, we’ve taken a look at every club’s youngest Premier League player, with plenty of cautionary tales for Ethan Nwaneri.
Morris played 173 games across all competitions for the Blues before moving to Leeds. The ex-midfielder later returned to Stamford Bridge as an academy coach prior to assisting Frank Lampard with the first team.The striker made 28 Premier League appearances for Palace, scoring one goal, before shuffling off to Swindon for half a million quid.Once dubbed the next Rooney, Baxter was the then-second-youngest starter in the Premier League behind Fulham’s Matt Briggs.
He subsequently played in the Premier League for Birmingham, Wigan and Villa while earning 62 England caps along the way.The centre-back played twice more in the top-flight for Liverpool, before leaving Anfield permanently for QPR in 2014. He later returned to the Premier League with Sheffield United where he remains., Richards played 245 games for City across all competitions and made 13 England appearances.