In December 2012, Arsenal officially announced the renewal of contracts with five young players in the team: Jenkinson, Ramsey, Wilshire, Gibbs and Chamberlain. Professor Wenger's group photo with these 5 young generals is believed to be fresh in many people's memories.
Fast forward to 2022, what happened to these 5 players?
Jenkinson
Right-back Jenkinson, who was loaned to West Ham United and Birmingham, left Arsenal in the summer of 2019 to move to Championship side Nottingham Forest. Jenkinson made limited appearances between two and a half seasons, making only 11 Appearances in the Championship for Nottingham Forest. In January, Jenkinson was loaned from Nottingham Forest to Australian side Melbourne City.
Jenkinson, 30, has scored three goals in 93 Premier League appearances to date, including a third of his appearances in the 2014-15 season, when he played for West Ham United on loan and secured his main position, making 32 appearances in the Premier League that season, including 29 of them starting. Jenkinson made just one appearance in England, when he came off the bench in warm-up matches.
Ramsey
After representing Arsenal in 262 Premier League appearances, scoring 40 goals and providing 46 assists, Ramsey left in the summer of 2019 to join Juve. In January this year, the 31-year-old Ramsey has been on loan from Juve to play for the Su Premier League team Rangers.
In the Welsh team, Ramsey has been a long-time midfielder, making 71 appearances for Wales and scoring 20 goals.
Wilshire
Wilshire left Arsenal in the summer of 2018 to join West Ham. Wilsher, who stayed at West Ham United and Championship side Bournemouth, became a free agent in the summer of 2021, and after six months of unemployment, the 30-year-old Wilshire found a new owner in February this year and joined Danish team Aarhus.
Wilshire has made 182 Premier League appearances to date, scoring eight goals and assisting 18 times. In england, small threats have 34 appearances, scoring 2 goals.
gibbs
In the summer of 2017, left left Arsenal for West Brom. In the summer of 2021, Gibbs traveled to the United States and joined MLB team Miami, and the 32-year-old became teammates with Higuain and Matuidi.
During his time at Arsenal and West Brom, Gibbs made a total of 180 Premier League appearances, scoring 2 goals and having 9 assists. In the England team, Gibbs made 10 appearances.
Chamberlain
Chamberlain left Arsenal in the summer of 2017 to join Liverpool for a transfer fee of £35 million. The 28-year-old Oxlade-Chamberlain has made 226 Premier League appearances, scoring 19 goals and assisting 24 times.
In the England team, Chamberlain has scored 7 goals in 35 appearances, but the most recent appearance for England was in 2019, which is related to the current talent of england, with the explosion of excellent young players, the England team has set off a storm of youth.
Of the 5 players, only Chamberlain is still in the Premier League, Ramsey has gone to the Soviet Premier League, Wilshire has gone to Denmark, and Jenkinson and Gibbs have gone to Australia and the United States.
10 years is enough to change a lot of things.