Forgotten England wonderkid who won World Cup with Foden wakes up unemployed after release from League Two strugglers

A FORMER Chelsea starlet that was tipped for the top after World Cup glory has found himself unemployed today.

George McEachran played alongside Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho for England at youth level.

And that star-studded squad beat Spain 5-2 back in 2017 to be crowned U17 world champions under future Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper’s tutelage.

McEachran, whose older brother Josh also came through the ranks at Chelsea before dropping into the lower leagues and is now at Oxford United, even achieved success with the Blues first-team.

The midfielder was on the bench for the West London club’s 2019 Europa League victory over Arsenal as he collected another medal to add to his collection.

He seemed destined for the very top as he headed to the Netherlands the following season Cambuur in the second tier for some regular senior football.

Despite only featuring twice in the league, he went Dutch again in the next campaign when joining MVV.

Both of those spells away failed to propel him into the Blues squad.

That led to him eventually being released by the Premier League giants after his contract expired in 2022 without making an appearance for the club he had been at since the age of nine.

Fortunately for him Jody Morris and Ed Brand, who both coached him in the Stamford Bridge academy, were at Swindon Town.

And after months of being without a club, Robins boss Morris offered him the opportunity to revive his career in League Two in February 2023.

Morris said at the time: “He’ll bring quality. Just in the experience I had with him a few years ago, he’s played at a really good level, he’s won a World Cup for his country and represented England at different age groups.

“After his first training session, there were quite a few comments