5 youngsters who are at the crossroads in their career
This season of football has seen the emergence of a few talented footballers who have gone on and achieved great things with their club. Tottenham Hotspur's Dele Alli has been a revelation for the club ending his season on a high by winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
Similarly, Arsenal have brought on another one of their youth products to the fore in Alex Iwobi and who can ignore the brilliant Marcus Rashford who has time and again saved Manchester United's season from crumbling. While they've gathered the spotlight this year for their contribution in the game, there are talented youngsters who peaked too early, so to say.
The golden boys who were to take on the world's best but for some reason or the other, haven't had the chance to live up to their names. Here are five youngsters who really need to sort out their careers before they're deemed 'one season wonders' or the like.
#5 Adnan Januzaj
Often cited as one of David Moyes' better decisions as Manchester United manager, Adnan Januzaj wowed crowds at the English Premier League and UEFA Champions League before completely botching it with a series of poor decisions off the pitch.
With the arrival of Louis van Gaal, Januzaj was no longer a first-team regular. The Dutchman was not the biggest fan of the Belgian yet he gave him plenty of opportunities during his first year of managing Old Trafford. Januzaj didn't make any impact and was thus condemned to the bench.
A loan move to Borussia Dortmund was set up for him to regain his confidence and possibly break back into the first team but Thomas Tuchel, the manager of Dortmund, was not impressed with his discipline and sent him back to Manchester where he, along with fellow academy prospect Andreas Pereira, were punished for 'putting themselves ahead of the team' in multiple Under-21 games.
Given he's just 21, Januzaj has plenty of time on his hands but he needs to sit down with the manager and figure out the best possible way he can progress as a player.