It’s been little over two years since England‘s transformative U17 World Cup victory established pride and hope in a new generation of homegrown talent.
In the time since Jadon Sancho and Callum Hudson-Odoi have already graduated to the senior squad and become standard-bearers for Steve Cooper’s crop of champions.
Meanwhile, the tournament’s Golden Ball winner, Phil Foden, and Golden Boot winner, Rhian Brewster, are lurking on the fringes at Manchester City and Liverpool.
But for others, it’s been twisting tales of fortune, injuries, ill-opportunity and contract struggles. A constant fight to live up to the lofty standards they set themselves.
So as a new generation of starlets closes in on the crown at this year’s tournament in Brazil, we take a look at how England’s World Cup winners have developed since arriving back home.
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