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From Premier League record breaker to working on a building site... Matthew Briggs tells DANNY MURPHY how anxiety crushed him after his Fulham debut at the age of just 16

Matthew Briggs was the Premier League's youngest player at 16 years and 65 days but slipped down the leagues and on to a building site after anxiety took its grip.

He chats to former Fulham team-mate and Sportsmail columnist DANNY MURPHY about his remarkable rise and fall - and his hopes for a big comeback.

DANNY MURPHY – Aaron Lennon, Jack Wilshere, Wayne Rooney. Some big names have started at 16 but you were the youngest of all when you played against Middlesbrough in 2007. Did you feel a special case coming through the ranks at Fulham?