In 2007, Matthew Briggs became the Premier League’s youngest ever player for Fulham. By 2010 he was being linked with Manchester United and Bayern Munich. A decade later, his journey hasn’t gone quite as expected.
Among the many different factors that shape a career in the professional game, the importance of getting the right break at the right time is often overlooked. For Briggs, once the youngest player in Premier League history, the timing has never been quite right.
At first, it was a case of too much, too soon. Then too little for too long.
Read at Planet Football.
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