Former Fulham starlet Matthew Briggs held the Premier League record for more than a decade, but only made a total of 13 appearances in the top flight before dropping down the leaguesMatthew Briggs, once the Premier League's youngest player, is now playing in the seventh tier while doubling up as a personal trainer. There is now a new holder of the 'youngest ever' record, with 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri featuring for Arsenal in their 3-0 win at Brentford before the international break. “Fulham said that if I did come on, I’d be the youngest-ever player in the Premier League," Briggs, who had been weighing up interest from Arsenal, told The Sun. Elliott is the only one of the 10 youngest Premier League players to still be active in the top-flight, though Aaron Lennon - who first played for Leeds aged 16 - made more than 400 appearances in the competition. Others in the list are either playing top-flight football overseas (Angel Gomes and Reece Oxford), EFL football (Rushian Hepburn-Murphy and Jack Robinson), or retired or without a club.

Source: Express September 26, 2022 01:03 UTC