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HOUGHTON’S STILL SINGING THE BLUES

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The LeaguePaper Team
30 September 2018

By Dan Barnes
Now MK benefit from his loan days

NEW COLOURS: Jordan Houghton playing for MK Dons this season Insets: Houghton in his Chelsea days, top, and on loan at Doncaster Rovers
PICTURE: MK Dons

SCORN is often liberally poured on Chelsea’s youth policy – but Jordan Houghton reckons he wouldn’t be the player he is today had he not earned his stripes as a loan legionnaire
Having joined the west Londoners as an Under-8, the former FA Youth Cup winner cut the apron strings this summer and is standing on his own two feet at MK Dons, doing so with over 100 senior ...

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