WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LIKELY LADS?

Lucas Moura and Neymar were key as Brazil won the South American U20 Championship in 2011, helped by Danilo, Oscar and Casemiro. They kicked on – but their teammates...

DIEGO

MAURICIO

Nicknamed Drogbinha (presumably because of his similarity to Kerry Dixon), Flamengo’s exciting powerhouse went to Russia, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and now Thailand. Oh.

BRUNO UVINI

Things looked good for the centre-back when he joined Tottenham on loan at 20, but he didn’t make an appearance. He’s played only twice in four years at Napoli and is now temping at Twente.

ROMARIO

This Romario hasn’t lived up to his namesake: after failing to cut it at Internacional, he went to Maritimo in Portugal, where sadly he’s not partnering a new Bebeto in defence. We did check…

WILLIAN JOSE

We’d suggest his parents were Chelsea fans, if he hadn’t been born in 1991. Maybe they could predict the future. The striker is with La Liga’s Las Palmas, after a brief 2014 spell at Real Madrid.

HENRIQUE

The Gremio striker could have been living the dream in the Championship with QPR, but their attempts to throw millions at him in January 2012 were thwarted by work permit issues.

ALAN PATRICK

With a good old-fashioned Brazilian name, he’s the best-known AP after that jockey chap. Well, and Al Pacino. And Alan Pardew. And Alan Partridge. Sadly, this AP has been a rare Brazilian flop at Shakhtar.