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Three Lions starlet still has golden future

BOURNEMOUTH STRIKER 
DOMINIC SOLANKE
By Chris Dunlavy

WHEN Dominic Solanke was awarded the Golden Ball after England won the U20 World Cup in 2017, few imagined he’d be playing in the Championship three years later.
But lack of opportunity, bad transfers and a precipitous drop in confidence have left a player once regarded as the finest prospect of his generation with everything to prove.
Signed by Chelsea at the age of eight, Solanke scored prolifically for club and country. Twenty goals in 25 games for the Blues’ Under-18s. Twelve from nine in the UEFA Youth League....

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