5 footballers who became world class after a change in position

#3 Ryan Sessegnon

Sessegnon has been on fire ever since he took a more attacking role.

A story almost exactly similar to Gareth Bale's. Fulham's 17 year-old Englishman is a superstar in the making. Like Bale, he started off as a left-back, but his quality on the ball was just too good for him to continue playing in that position.

He graduated to left-wing, and hasn't disappointed since. His numbers speak for themselves, 14 goals and 6 assists in 40 games in the Championship.

Almost every club in England would love to have a talent like that in their arsenal, but Tottenham are thought to be the one most seriously interested in the teenager. That'd be another similarity with Bale! Perhaps it's written in the stars.

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