Sky Sports picks a Premier League XI of players who have featured at Under-17 World Cups.
Premier League XI of former Under-17 World Cup stars
Tim Krul - Newcastle & Holland
The Dutch goalkeeper had impressed at the European Under-17 Championship in May 2005, keeping two clean sheets as Holland finished runners-up at the tournament and thus qualifying for the U17 World Cup later that year. Krul left Den Haag for Newcastle in the intervening period and eagle-eyed Magpies fans would have spotted that their new signing endured a mixed tournament - captaining his team all the way to the semi-finals but conceding nine goals along the way, including four to Mexico in the game that ended his involvement.
Pablo Zabaleta - Man City & Argentina
Back in 2001, Zabaleta was the youngest member of the Argentina squad that travelled to Trinidad and Tobago for that year's U17 World Cup. The group also included Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez as well as future Barcelona player Maxi Lopez so it is perhaps no surprise that Argentina breezed through a group that included Spain. Indeed, Zabaleta was on the scoresheet in a 4-2 win that eliminated Spain from the competition. However, after seeing off Mali in the quarter-finals, a 2-1 defeat to France in the last four brought an end to his hopes of lifting the prize.
Javi Garcia - Man City & Spain
Javi Garcia was a 16-year-old midfielder with Real Madrid when he travelled to Finland for the U17 World Cup in 2003. Garcia started the first match of the campaign - a 3-3 draw with Sierra Leone - but subsequently lost his place in the starting line-up. Cesc Fabregas was the star of the show and was named player of the tournament, signing professional terms with Arsenal the following month. Garcia had to settle for a substitute role and remained on the bench throughout the final - a 1-0 defeat to Brazil.
Mamadou Sakho - Liverpool & France
After captaining France Under-17s to the semi-final of that year's European Championship, Sakho also skippered his country at the 2007 U17 World Cup in South Korea. France were defensively solid in the group stages, qualifying as runners-up behind Nigeria, and saw off Tunisia in the first knockout round after extra time. But a quarter-final shootout defeat to Spain followed, despite Sakho scoring his spot-kick. The defender headed home - and into the Paris St Germain first XI for the first time the following month.
Fabio - Man Utd & Brazil
Twin brother Rafael may have made the greater impact at Old Trafford so far but it was Fabio who captained Brazil at the U17 World Cup in 2007. Things began brilliantly for both the player and his team as he netted in a 7-0 thrashing of New Zealand before adding a brace in a 6-1 win over North Korea. However, defeat to England in the final group game meant a last 16 tie with Ghana and a 1-0 defeat saw Brazil sent packing. Having already signed a pre-contract with United, Fabio and his brother left their homeland for Manchester the following year.
Eden Hazard - Chelsea & Belgium
Given the current excitement surrounding Belgian football and the subsequent successes of their star playmaker you'd think any team that included Hazard would have shone at youth level. However, the U17 World Cup proved a disappointment
