I know it’s more of a gaming question than a football question. I have recently started playing football games again and there are those young players with the comment „has potential to be special“ or „an interesting prospect“.
Especially those that aren’t stars already like Musiala, Haaland or Pedri.
Players like currently Arda Güler, Gavi, Antonio Nusa, Ansu Fati or Youssoufa Moukoko.
The question/discussion I wanted to spark is which of those players that you remember from the past didn’t actually become stars/good players, or even, which players rated very low by the games in their early careers did become actually good players.
Terry Dixon. Ever heard of him? No, me either. FIFA 08 he played for Spurs and got to 98 overall.
Unfortunately yes, Steve Staunton called him up for Ireland as a 16 year old who had never played senior football. He was compared to Rooney and hyped off the back of the callup.