Former Chelsea Youth prodigy Izzy Brown introduced his retirement from soccer on Thursday, after struggling to recuperate from two surgical procedures to restore a ruptured Achilles.
The attacking midfielder gained the FA Youth Cup on two events with the Blues, however solely made one first workforce look for the membership amid seven mortgage spells.
Brown was as soon as tipped by Jose Mourinho as a certainty to play for England, alongside Dominic Solanke and Lewis Baker, with the previous Chelsea boss insisting the media ought to ‘blame him’ in the event that they did not make it.
Three members of Chelsea facet which overcame Manchester City 5-2 over two legs within the 2015 FA Youth Cup remaining, which featured Brown and Solanke, have since featured for the Three Lions.
Sportsmail takes a glance to see the place members of the squad at the moment are following Brown’s retirement.
Izzy Brown, left, lifted the FA Youth Cup for the second time with Chelsea again in 2015
Goalkeeper – Bradley Collins
Collins was the Blues goalkeeper for the two-legged remaining, conceding to Isaac Buckley-Ricketts within the 3-1 first leg win earlier than being crushed by Kelechi Iheanacho within the 2-1 triumph within the second.
The goalkeeper was a part of the Chelsea facet that lifted the UEFA Youth League in the identical season.
Collins had two mortgage spells away from the membership at Forest Green Rovers and Burton Albion, earlier than becoming a member of Barnsley on a everlasting deal in 2019.
The shot stopper has made 117 appearances for the Tykes throughout three seasons, however was unable to forestall their relegation to League One final season.
Defender – Ola Aina
The wing-back joined Championship facet Hull City on mortgage the next season, earlier than finishing an analogous change to Torino for the 2017-2018 marketing campaign.
The profitable mortgage led to a everlasting £9million transfer to the Serie A facet, the place he has now performed 110 instances.
Aina did return to west London for the 2020-21 season by becoming a member of Fulham on mortgage. The defender earned the Premier League’s objective of the month award for November after a spectacular effort towards West Brom.
The Nigerian worldwide was unable to forestall Fulham from being relegated again to the Championship.
Defender – Fikayo Tomori
Tomori is arguably essentially the most profitable of the 2015 crop, with the defender additionally retaining the FA Youth Cup the next yr.
Loans to Brighton, Hull and Derby within the Championship adopted earlier than Tomori’s first-team breakthrough at Chelsea throughout the 2019-2020 season.
Tomori performed 27 instances for the senior workforce and scored twice, together with the Blues objective of the season in 2020.
He accomplished a £25million transfer to AC Milan in 2021 following his profitable mortgage with the Italian giants. Tomori was a central determine as Milan lifted the Scudetto final season and was named within the Serie A workforce of the season.
Tomori has gained three caps for England however is but to totally power his manner into Gareth Southgate’s plans.
Fikayo Tomori has loved a profitable senior profession and gained Serie A with AC Milan final yr
Defender – Jake Clarke-Salter – QPR
Tomori’s defensive companion made his one and solely Chelsea look again in 2016 in its place towards Aston Villa.
The three-time FA Youth Cup winner then turned a member of the Blues mortgage military with strikes to Bristol Rovers, Sunderland, Vitesse, Birmingham and Coventry following.
Clarke-Salter left Chelsea final summer time when he signed a four-year deal at QPR, with the defender having performed 14 instances throughout his debut season at Loftus Road.
Defender – Jay Dasilva
Like Clarke-Salter, Dasilva was considered one of few gamers to raise three FA Youth Cup titles throughout their profession with the full-back incomes winners’ medals in each 2014 and 2016.
Dasilva loved two mortgage spells with Charlton in League One and earned the Addicks Fans Player of the Year award in 2018.
He has since spent 5 seasons with Bristol City within the Championship, signing completely in 2019 after becoming a member of on an preliminary mortgage, with the total again having now racked up 140 video games for the membership.
Midfielder – Jeremie Boga
Boga spent a decade at Chelsea after becoming a member of the membership in 2009.
The winger’s sole Premier League match got here below Antonio Conte in 2018, enjoying simply 18 minutes of the 3-2 opening day residence defeat to Burnley after Gary Cahill was proven a straight pink card.
The Ivory Coast worldwide then had spells at Rennes, Granada and Birmingham on mortgage, earlier than a £3.5million transfer to Sassuolo in 2018. His performances led to a transfer to Atlanta, the place he has performed 42 video games.
Midfielder – Charlie Colkett
Colkett was Chelsea’s captain for the 2015 FA Youth Cup triumph, with the midfielder revealing he had been impressed by coaching with Cesc Fabregas in his pursuit of breaking into the primary workforce.
He finally didn’t seem for the Blues and later claimed he felt like ‘being a quantity’ after being despatched on mortgage to Bristol Rovers, Swindon, Shrewsbury and Dutch membership Vitesse Arnhem.
In a hyperlink with Chelsea’s current coach Graham Potter, Colkett later joined Swedish facet Ostersund earlier than shifting to Cheltenham and now his present membership Crewe.
Charlie Colkett lifted the FA Youth Cup as captain however didn’t make a primary workforce look
Midfielder – Charly Musonda
The Belgium youth worldwide had been billed as considered one of Chelsea’s brightest prospects, however had ineffective mortgage spells at Real Betis, Celtic and Vitesse.
A cruciate ligament harm whereas on mortgage at Vitesse in 2019 considerably impacted Musonda’s profession. Doctors knowledgeable Musonda that his likelihood of enjoying once more was round 20 per cent after sustaining the harm.
Musonda was launched by Chelsea final June and joined Levante. The midfielder performed his first match in 4 years for the Spanish second division facet earlier this season.
The 26-year-old has now performed 13 instances for the membership.
Midfielder – Izzy Brown
Brown has equally endured harm torment which pressured him to hold up his boots earlier this week.
The midfielder scored Chelsea’s first objective within the second leg of the Youth Cup remaining at Stamford Bridge, having appeared in its place the earlier yr.
Brown, who joined Chelsea after making his Premier League debut at West Brom, would go on to make only a solitary look for the Blues within the prime flight.
Seven mortgage spells adopted at Vitesse, Rotherham, Huddersfield Town, Brighton, Leeds, Luton and Sheffield Wednesday.
The excessive level arguably got here when he was a part of Huddersfield’s promotion successful workforce in 2017, with the Terries successful the playoff remaining on penalties towards Reading.
He signed a everlasting take care of Preston in 2021, however his Achilles harm prevented him from that includes for the membership.
Izzy Brown made one first workforce look for Chelsea earlier than mortgage spells elsewhere
Striker – Tammy Abraham
Abraham proved the important thing man within the Blues triumph within the Youth Cup Final. He scored a brace within the first leg, earlier than discovering the online within the second at Stamford Bridge.
The striker has barely stopped scoring since with profitable mortgage spells at Bristol City and Aston Villa, earlier than scored 30 objectives in 82 video games for Chelsea.
Abraham then joined Mourinho at Roma, with the ahead key to their UEFA Conference League triumph final yr.
Abraham, who has scored three objectives in 11 video games for England, has been repeatedly linked again with a transfer to the Premier League.
Tammy Abraham scored three objectives within the FA Youth Cup remaining earlier than starring at senior stage
Striker – Dominic Solanke
Solanke is one other acquainted face from the line-up, with the ahead main the road for Bournemouth within the Premier League.
He scored within the first leg of the FA Youth Cup remaining success towards Man City and was one of many three gamers earmarked for England by Mourinho.
Solanke fulfilled the prediction in 2017 when he made his England debut in its place towards Brazil, which stays his sole cap. His Three Lions debut got here shortly after he joined Liverpool when his Chelsea contract expired.
The striker later joined Bournemouth for £19million after failing to make the grade at Anfield and has since scored 54 objectives for the Cherries.
Dominic Solanke fulfilled Jose Mourinho’s prediction that he would someday play for England
Ruben Sammut (Substitute)
Sammut was considered one of three gamers to characteristic in its place within the Youth Cup Final. The midfielder had a brief senior profession with simply 12 appearances on mortgage at Falkirk, earlier than enjoying for non-league Dulwich Hamlet.
Sammut now works because the first-team recruitment coordinator for Charlton in League One.
Kasey Palmer – (Substitute)
Palmer has been a longtime Championship participant since coming by means of the Chelsea academy, enjoying for Huddersfield, Derby, Blackburn, Bristol City and Swansea within the division.
The Jamaican worldwide joined Coventry final summer time and has made 30 appearances for the membership.
Mukhtar Ali – (Substitute)
Ali was considered one of a number of Blues children to make the journey to Vitesse on mortgage, earlier than signing completely for the Dutch membership in 2017.
He joined Al-Nassr in 2019 however isn’t at present a team-mate of Cristiano Ronaldo, with the midfielder at present on mortgage at fellow Saudi Arabian facet Al-Tai.
