west ham shirt After thoseseasons back at Wolves, Mancienne took the decision to leave Chelsea on permanent basis and begin a globe-trotting career, moving to Hamburg in 2011 for the oddly specific figure of ¡ê1.725 million.

While some former wonderkids must move on because they are not getting opportunities, it seems Mancienne may have left Chelsea too early.

On the fringes of the England squad and playing regular Premier League football, he seemed well placed to make a step up before he decided to move to Bundesliga, long before it was common for young English players to do so.

A decade ago, there was nothing like the internationalcoverage of Bundesliga there is now, and much less the appreciation from English pundits, fans and coaches that playing outside of the Premier League was a legitimate path to the top of the nationalgame.

Instead of giving himself a platform to show what he cheap kids football kits was all about, Mancienne found himselfout of sight, out of mind.