Cherno Samba:
Scored 132 goals in 32 games for his London school side, prompting a rumoured £2million bid from Liverpool for his services as a 16-year-old! On the game, he was a young English Didier Drogba, but with pace. If he was as good in real life Francis Jeffers might have never got an England cap. Started at Millwall with Moses Ashikodi, where they became two of the best strikers in the game. One wonders what kind of mood the FM developers where in when they called the Millwall academy for a player description that morning!
Where is he now?
Turned out for England at every youth level, but never scored a goal. He never played for Milwall, or for his next club, Cadiz. In 2008, he made the probably sensible decision to play for Gambia, as an England call wasn’t on the horizon. Saying that, Emile Heskey did go that years’ World Cup. Samba now plays for FK Tønsberg in the Norwegian second division. In the last 11-years, the 27-year-old has scored one professional goal!
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