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An ex-Premier League wonderkid who was offered a decade-long deal with Spanish giants Barcelona has just been released from the 15th different club of his career.
The midfielder, now aged 32, was on the youth programme at Crystal Palace when the Catalan club came in with the offer when he was 14 years old.
However, his career has taken a different path, with a number of other clubs, including several loan spells, and gigs with teams in Canada, Belgium, France and Turkey.
John Bostock signed an 18-month deal with Notts County in December 2022, with the side rising from the National League to League 2 via the play-off final the following summer.
Now he has been named on the list of players released from Notts County following the end of his deal with the club.
A former Premier League wonderkid who turned down Barcelona aged 14 is now without a club
John Bostock has been released from Notts County after finishing 14th in League Two
The club's statement read: 'John and Tobi [Adebayo] are two other players who have established themselves as huge characters at the club.
'As well as being a thoroughly professional and calming presence away from the field, John made many excellent performances for us – not least at Wembley, where his incredibly composed display and all-important equaliser were crucial to us winning the promotion he and his team-mates so richly deserved.'
Bostock scored in the 88th minute with a long shot that
