On the move - football's youngest journeymen

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Former Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran, 22, has joined Benfica on a season-long loan - the seventh club he's played for Published 5 minutes ago By Christian Brooks BBC Sport Some of football's most celebrated players stayed loyal to a single club for their entire career. The Premier League's most-decorated player, Ryan Giggs, is one, so too AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini, Roma's Francesco Totti and Arsenal defender Tony Adams. Perhaps some current players such as Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden might join them too. But there are players at the other end of the spectrum, those who can look back on a lengthy list of employers, and sometimes while their career is still in its infancy. The most famous current example is Jhon Duran, the former Aston Villa striker joining the seventh club of his career at the age of just 22 last week. He joins others who were in danger of acquiring the journeyman tag before their 23rd birthday. These are some of those players. Freddy Adu - eight different clubs Image source, AFP via Getty Images Image caption, Former USA international Freddy Adu played for 15 clubs during his career - more than half of which were by the age of 22. Dubbed "the next Pele" by some, Freddy Adu was signed by Nike at 13, played Major League Soccer for D.C. United at 14 and made his debut for the United States at 16. Between 2004 and 2011, he signed for eight different clubs, playing in the US, Portugal, Monaco, Greece and Turkey - and even completed a trial at Manchester United in 2006 - all by the age of 22. In 2012, Adu spoke of how signing for Benfica in 2007 was "not a good decision". "As an 18-year-old, there was too much pressure to win right away and I went through three coaches in one year." Adu, now 37, last played in 2021 for Osterlen FF in Sweden. Matej Delac - eight different clubs Image source, AFP via Getty Images Image caption, Matej Delac training with Chelsea in 2012. In 2010, Croatian goalkeeper Matej Delac signed for Chelsea from Inter Zapresic. Despite spending eight years at the club, most of his time was spent on loan. By the age of 22, he'd played for eight different clubs - without making a single competitive first-team appearance for the Blues. Delac, now 33, currently plays for AC Horsens in Denmark. Nathaniel Chalobah - seven different clubs Image source, AFP via Getty Images Image caption, Former England international Nathaniel Chalobah made 113 league appearances for Watford. In 2017, Watford signed 22-year-old Nathaniel Chalobah from Chelsea on a five-year deal. Although it was the midfielder's first permanent transfer of his career, he had already completed six loan spells (including one with the Hornets in 2012), meaning he had played for a total of seven different clubs by the age of 22. Chalobah made an impressive start to life at Watford, earning a call-up to the senior England squad for the final round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers. In October 2018, he won his only cap, co