As the birthplace of modern football, the English people's love for football needless to say, wonderful football leagues, world-famous professional stadiums, a deep mass base and countless football players, throughout history, there have been many so-called "British emperor stars", they have some good future, and may even have a big achievement in the English national team, but now look at it, the development of some of them is far lower than the outside world's expectations
Mika Richards retired from Manchester City in 2008 and retired in 2022
Does anyone remember how Richards at the top played football? Extremely fast speed, excellent physical confrontation, tireless running and frightening impact, he was the youngest defender in the England national team to make his debut, was the best defender in England after Bobby Moore in the media, was on par with Ram at his peak, was an absolute contributor to Manchester City's victory over the Premier League title, but too frequent injuries completely destroyed the England right-back, although 14 years later he traveled to Fiorentina and Villa for opportunities, but various injuries have never spared him, In 2019, at the age of 31, Richards reluctantly announced his retirement, ending his short career
Carroll Liverpool 2011 West Bromwich Albion 2022
Carroll, who debuted in Newcastle, was once known as the "new Shearer", in the first half of the 10/11 season carroll contributed 11 goals and 7 assists, and in the game against the giants have a bright performance, liverpool, which just lost Torres in the winter window, continued to look for a replacement, and finally the Reds took a fancy to Carroll and spent 41 million euros to bring it in, but in the new environment Carroll was completely lost, and the tactical play that opposed the team, clumsy foot technology and frequent injuries made it bear the "parallel goods" sticky note. Later, Carroll, who traveled to West Ham, Newcastle, Reading, West Brom and other teams, never regained its former glory
Wilshire 2012 Arsenal 2022 Aarhus
Joined the Arsenal academy at the age of 9, became the youngest player in arsenal history at the age of 16 and 256 days, debuted at the peak, the scenery of Wilshire at that time was unlimited, he was Arsenal's righteous prince, but also a talented player who was concerned by the whole Britain, however, no one would have thought that his downward speed would be as rapid as a meteor. Heaven gave him spirituality on the green field, but did not give him a strong body, and as time went on, Wilshire was plagued by injuries and illness, and after countless injury stops, Wilshire also completely lost hope of becoming a star. Now, after six months as a free agent, Wilshire has finally returned to Danish team Aarhus, running desperately to catch up with the self who was once pinned on high hopes
Rodwell 2012 Manchester City 2022 Western Sydney Rangers
As a young talent produced by "Toffee" Everton, Rodwell can be described as a lot of attention, he is the youngest player in ever Everton's history to play in European games and the youngest player to score in Europe, because England lacked excellent back players at that time, so Rodwell with leadership temperament was signed by the national team early, and later signed by the local man City, but in Manchester City Rodville as a substitute for a long time, depressed he finally chose to transfer, after leaving Manchester City, in Sunderland, Blackburn, Sheffield United Rodwell is deteriorating, and he has never been able to find his former highlight self, and now he is just 30 years old, he can only mix with the Western Sydney Wanderers in the Australian Premier League
Welbeck 2014 Arsenal 2022 Brighton
At that time, Welbeck can be described as a real "British emperor star", born in Manchester, trained in Manchester United, signed a long contract with Manchester United after returning on loan, played around a group of big brothers and was praised by Ferguson, his career trajectory should have been moving towards the Red Devil Prince, but due to the ups and downs of the state and the impact of injuries, Manchester United sold it to Arsenal in 2014, and Arsenal at that time was in a downward stage, expecting Welbeck to be entrusted with heavy responsibilities, But his occasional eye-catching performances did not meet Arsenal's needs, and whether it was at Watford or now Brighton, the former "British Emperor" could no longer receive the attention it had