Chelsea signed THREE teenagers from Luton Town for a combined £1m fee in 2012

Bobby and Jack Charlton, Gary and Phil Neville, Rio and Anton Ferdinand, Yaya and Kolo Toure - the stories of footballing siblings are always fascinating to follow.

Although for every tale of success, there are a thousand other brothers and sisters who don't quite make it to the top.

But when Chelsea splashed out £1million on signing three siblings back in 2012, the footballing world sat up and took notice.

Twins Rio and Cole Dasilva, 12, as well as their 13-year-old brother Jay, joined the Blues academy after five years in Luton's ranks, and they quickly became the most talked about young talents in the country.

Speaking at the time, Luton's head of youth Gregg Broughton hailed the 'unique' trio and insisted they stood out in their age groups as he said: 'This is a historic deal to see three brothers transferred together.'

At the time, Jay was an attacking midfielder, drawing comparisons to David Silva, Cole was comfortable in both defence and midfield, while Rio played as a striker.

They arrived at Stamford Bridge with rave reviews with the brothers once taking a Luton youth side to tournament glory at a prestigious event that included teams such as Man United, Bayern Munich and an Ivory Coast XI.

For context, this was 2012 and Luton's first team were managed by Paul Buckle. They had just failed to get out of the National League for the third successive season.

But, 12 years on, what happened to the prodigiously talented Dasilva brothers?

Rio was unfortunately the first to leave Chelsea, departing the club shortly after the end of his Under 15 season.

Alongside his twin Cole, they played in the same youth team as Declan Rice, Mason Mount and Eddie Nketiah.

Reflecting on his stint at Chelsea in 2021, Rio told football.london: