Southampton have produced a number of players from the academy in recent years, with James Ward-Prowse, Yan Valery, Will Smallbone and Jake Vokins all having made first-team appearances this season.
One academy product who has seemingly fallen off the radar, however, is Sam McQueen. The left-back recently turned 25-years-old and is still a Southampton player, although he has not played a competitive match for the club since the 2017/18 campaign.
He is still under contract to the club until the summer of 2021, after signing a four-and-a-half-year extension in December 2016. McQueen joined Middlesbrough on loan last season, only to return to Southampton due to injury after five Championship games.
As of today, McQueen has been out injured for 464 days and Ralph Hasenhuttl has not given an update recently on when he is likely to make a return.
These Southampton fans reacted to the club’s post wishing him happy birthday, wondering why he is…
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @sammcqueen123 Is he alive (@EwanCampbell1NI)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @sammcqueen123 Where is he ? (@pstewartgallery)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @sammcqueen123 Didn’t realise he was still here… happy birthday tho🤷🏻♂️ (@ewanwhite1999)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @sammcqueen123 He’s alive? (@TheTrueFraudie)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @sammcqueen123 where even is this guy (@rhysgorry)
Twitter: @SouthamptonFC @sammcqueen123 Happy birthday Sam. Where are you now? (@kironbaruah1)
