Five: Youngsters whose price-tag weighed heavily As 20-year-old Jordan Henderson completes his move to Liverpool for a whopping £20 million, and 19-year-old Phil Jones nears a £16 million transfer to Manchester United, ITV wishes the pair well. But things can go wrong... Lee Bowyer Leeds United knew what they were getting when they picked up Bowyer for a cool £2.8 million from Charlton Athletic in 1996. The midfielder, then 19, had failed a drugs test for cannabis use the year before - and after signing for Leeds he was convicted of affray for smashing up a McDonalds restaurant in London. Despite his outstanding performances while at Leeds, culminating in a sole England cap in 2002, Bowyer's career will largely be remembered for the attack on Sarfraz Najeib which landed him and teammate Jonathan Woodgate in court. An on-field fist-fight with teammate Kieron Dyer while at Newcastle further added to Bowyer's bad-boy reputation, and though he has had two excellent seasons at Birmingham, the 34-year-old has never shaken off his negative reputation. Mark Kennedy Irishman Kennedy looked destined for greatness after making his debut at 16 with Millwall, and sure enough Premier League sides came running. Liverpool won the race for the left winger, splashing out £1.5million to take him to Anfield in March 1995, in a deal which made Kennedy, then 19, the most expensive teenager in Britain. It all went sour quickly at Liverpool, as manager Roy Evans struggled to squeeze Kennedy into a midfield containing John Barnes, Steve McManaman and Patrik Berger. Spells at Wimbledon, Man City and a five-year stay at Wolves followed, and now aged 35 he's warming the bench at Ipswich. With 34 Republic of Ireland caps to his name it wasn't all doom and gloom, but Kennedy could justifiably look back and think what might have been. Wayne Harrison Expensive teenagers should beware moving to Liverpool - they have something of a cursed history in this regard. Mark Kennedy may have been a disappointment, but pity poor Wayne Harrison, who had the world at his feet when he signed for Liverpool aged 17 after he destroyed the Reds' youth side whilst playing for Oldham. Arriving at Anfield as the world's most expensive teenager in 1985, £250,000 Harrison looked set to rub shoulders with the likes of Souness, Hansen and Rush. But in a bizarre twist he fell through a greenhouse and suffered life-threatening injuries before ever making his debut. He recovered enough to return to training, but suffered injury after injury, culminating in a cruciate ligament injury in May 1990 which ended his career at 22. Jermaine Pennant When someone shells out £2 million to buy you before you've even made a senior appearance there's got to be something special about you. Unfortunately for Pennant, who moved from Notts County to Arsenal in 1999, that transfer fee weighed heavy on his shoulders. A promising start to his career, including a hat-trick on debut against Southampton, was overshadowed by disciplinary problems. A drink-driving conviction in 2005 put his career on hold, and a failed spell abroad with Real Zaragoza led many to write him off as another teenage flash in the pan. But having returned to the Midlands to play for Stoke under arch-disciplinarian Tony Pulis, and, as he admitted to ITV in May, with an older head on his shoulders, Pennant, now 28, finally looks to be fulfilling some of that early potential. Steve Simonsen It's rare for a goalkeeper to make his mark as a teenager - which is why Steve Simonsen turned heads while playing for Tranmere as a 17-year-old back in 1996. It led Everton to splash out £3.3 million, a record for a teenage goalkeeper at the time, despite Simonsen having made just 43 senior appearances. He was to play six times fewer than that in a full seven seasons at Goodison Park, during which he watched on as the likes of Richard Wright, Nigel Martyn and even Iain Turner got their chance between the sticks. Simonsen moved on to Stoke, where he made nearly 200 appearances, and now plays for Sheffield United - relegated this season to League One. Sounds very omnibus. going to the Pool seems to be the kiss of death for youngans, but Jorden is a level headed teetotal kid, with his feet on the ground, so providing his feet do the talking I recon he will be ok, and when he`s put in a season at Anfield, he can buy `THE KINGS ARMS` and watch football on the telly with the lads, thats if the Anfield youngans hoodoo strikes mind.
