Jerome Sinclair's story is one of those players whose career stalls early on. He was the youngest player to make his debut for Liverpool and, ten years later, he was running a fried chicken shop in Birmingham.
Football has some beautiful stories, but also some heartbreaking ones. Making your debut at a young age does not guarantee you a future in the sport, and Jerome Sinclair can tell you that.
Sinclair became, on 26th September 2012, the youngest player to make his debut for Liverpool. He did so in the Reds' EFL Cup win over West Bromwich Albion.
The precociousness of his debut even led to comparisons with Raheem Sterling, but their careers have nothing to do with each other. He only scored one goal as a Red and in 2016 he moved to Watford.
After playing abroad, and a career marred by injuries, Sinclair decided to hang up his boots and, as 'The Sun' reported, now runs a fried chicken chain.
In July 2022, the former Liverpool footballer became the owner of a Birmingham shop of the Morley's fried chicken chain.