Arsenal have a proud history of bringing though young talent and making them stars, with some surprisingly excelling and others destined for the top since a very young age.
However, football is a cut-throat business and nothing is guaranteed. That’s shown by these four youngsters who were once heralded as the next best thing in North London but never quite made it, despite being regarded as the best prospects within the club at that time.
These four players, selected by Jonathan Kaney, have gone on to achieve other things elsewhere but their time at Arsenal can be put down as a black mark as they were never up to scratch!