20 Premier League youngsters were picked as future stars in 2003 and the list makes for a fascinating read

Back in 2014, Match named 20 young players who could become future stars, but where are they two decades later?

Throughout the history of the Premier League, dozens of players have been labelled as the next big up and coming player that will go on to win it all.

While some no doubt go on to achieve exactly what is expected of them, others don't quite reach the heights that they were once expected to.

And this is certainly the case for one 2003 list of the greatest young future stars in the Premier League.

Back in 2003, popular football magazine MATCH listed Premier League greats Wayne Rooney, John O'Shea and Kolo Toure in their list of the top 20 best young talents in the Premier League.

Having played 203 matches together in a dominant Manchester United side, both O'Shea and Rooney won over a dozen trophies together including the Champions League and five Premier League titles.

Meanwhile Toure won six trophies with Arsenal before leaving to join Manchester City, and become one of small group of players to win the Premier League with two different clubs.

However, not every player went on to have a career that was expected of them.

John O'Shea and Wayne Rooney won over a dozen trophies together. (Image: Getty)

Although Jermaine Pennant did win both the FA Cup and two English Super Cups, he never quite reached the heights many fans, despite playing foe 12 English clubs, including Liverpool who he played for in a Champions League final.

Meanwhile, Manchester City pair Vicente Vuoso and Chris Shuker made just six appearances between them before leaving the Premier League.

Here is the list in full and the clubs that they were playing for at the time -

Hugo Viana - Newcastle United

Thomas Butler - Sunderland

John O'Shea - Manchester United

Milan Baros - Liverpool

Grant Leadbitter - Sunderland

Darren Carter - Birmingham City

Kieran Richardson - Manchester United

Adam Chambers - West Bromwich Albion

Felipe Oliveira - Chelsea

Jermaine Pennant - Arsenal

Luke Wilkshire - Middlesbrough

Michael Chopra - Newcastle United

Liam Ridgewell - Aston Villa

Chris Shuker - Manchester City

Jeremie Aliadiere - Arsenal

Carlton Cole - Chelsea

Stefan Moore - Aston Villa

Vicente Vuoso - Manchester City

Wayne Rooney - Everton

Kolo Toure - Arsenal

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