We catch up with some of the youngsters to leave Wolverhampton Wanderers in recent years.
Eusebio Bancessi and Aljaz Cotman are among the former Wolverhampton Wanderers youngsters to have taken their talents abroad.
Wolves scout Kieran Scott was credited with recruiting 18-year-old Bancessi from Benifca in 2013. The winger failed to break into the first-team during his three-year spell at the club and was released in the summer. He signed for second tier Polish side MKP Pogon Sidelce earlier this month.
It was a similar story for Slovenia-born goalkeeper Aljaz Cotman. After struggling to make an impact at Wolves, Cotman returned to his native country with NK Maribor in 2013. Cotman remains a regular in the Prva Liga table topping side.
Jordan Cranston, Ashley Hemmings and Liam McAlinden are among the former Wolves youngsters to ply their trade in League Two.
Following stints at Hednesford, Nuneaton, Notts County and Gateshead, Cranston has been a regular on the left-hand side for relegation-threatened Cheltenham Town during this campaign.
Hemmings has been out of Mansfield Town’s starting-eleven since December, while McAlinden has made 23 appearances for high flying Exeter City.
Zeli Ismail and Jamie Reckord are battling it out at the bottom end of League One. Ismail started the season in-form for Bury before suffering a groin injury that looks set to keep him out for the remainder of the season. Reckord has struggled to nail down a place in John Sheridan’s Oldham Athletic side.
They are joined in League One by Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, who spent three years with Peterborough following his departure from Wolves in 2012. The attacking midfielder is hoping to secure a play-off spot with Rochdale.
Anthony Forde (Rotherham United), David Davis (Birmingham City) and Sam Winnall (Sheffield Wednesday) are among the former academy prospects competing with Wolves in the Championship this season.
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