Premier League's 10 youngest goalscorers: Where are they now?

What has become of the Premier League’s youngest goal scorers?

It takes a special kind of player to burst onto the scene in England’s ultra-competitive top flight and hit the ground running.

Firstly, it’s incredibly difficult to even get an opportunity. The high pressure, cut-throat nature of the modern day game means that managers are often rather cautious in who they entrust with such enormous levels of responsibility.

Not to mention, that as soon as someone is granted the opportunity they’ve only got to get past footballers who have earnt the right to play in the very best league, and on the very biggest stage in the world.

All of that makes it quite the task and so it’s nice to celebrate a youngster doing the business, but what has become of the 10 youngest players to find the back of the net in the Premier League?

Well, over at planetfootball, they took it upon themselves to find out:

Chelsea picked up Forssell in 1998, signing him on a free transfer from HJK Helsinki. In just his second appearance for the club, Forssell found the back of the net in a 4-2 FA Cup victory over Oxford United. Fast forward three weeks and he had his first Premier League goal, this time against Nottingham Forest.

But despite his strong start to life in London, game time soon became difficult to come by and Forssell spent much of his career out on loan – go figure – before moving to Birmingham City permanently in 2005.

The Finnish international retired in 2017 as the country’s second highest goal scorer and now works in the youth set up for HJK Helsinki.

After coming through the youth systems of QPR and Liverpool, Sterling scored his first Premier League goal in a 1-0 victory for the Reds against Reading back in 2012. He quickly