Two former England Under-19 strike partners find themselves worlds apart this week, as detailed by BBC News.

Will Keane and Harry Kane once shared a dressing room and a scoresheet for England's youth side, both tipped for big futures in the game. Kane, of course, went on to become England's record goalscorer and a mainstay for Bayern Munich and Tottenham before that, establishing himself among the finest strikers of his generation.

Keane's path has taken a different turn. While Kane continues to operate at the top of the European game, Keane's career has followed a far less glamorous trajectory, according to the BBC report, highlighting just how divergent two promising careers from the same youth setup can become.

The piece serves as a reminder of football's unpredictability - two players who once stood shoulder to shoulder at international underage level, now separated by vastly different levels of the sport, with BBC News using their story to illustrate the fine margins between stardom and a quieter career in the game.