Players who have scored in the League Cup for top-six clubs – Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal – since 2007, yet were sold after making less than 100 Premier League appearances.
Key: *Out on loan **Former youth player
Arsenal
Carlos Vela**, Eduardo, Denilson, Jay Simpson**, Marouane Chamakh, Lucas Perez*, Samir Nasri, Park Chu-young, Thomas Eisfeld**, Sanchez Watt**, Henri Lansbury**, Ignasi Miquel**, Fran Merida**
Chelsea
Juan Mata, Andriy Shevchenko, Loic Remy, Daniel Sturridge, Deco, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ryan Bertrand**, Kurt Zouma*, Scott Sinclair**, Joe Cole, Filipe Luis, Oriol Romeu, Paulo Ferreira, Steve Sidwell, Andre Schurrle, Patrick van Aanholt**
Scott Sinclair and Patrick van Aanholt had to leave Chelsea to break through
Liverpool
Raheem Sterling**, Maxi Rodriguez, Nuri Sahin, David N’Gog, Jordon Ibe, Craig Bellamy, Milan Jovanovic, Emiliano Insua, Martin Kelly**, Jordan Rossiter**, Yossi Benayoun, Nabil El Zhar**, Suso**, Mario Balotelli, Andy Carroll, Damien Plessis**
Manchester City
Alvaro Negredo, Wilfried Bony, Shaun Wright-Phillips**, Kelechi Iheanacho, Stevan Jovetic, Frank Lampard, Stephen Ireland**, Mario Balotelli, Gelson Fernandes, Kolo Toure, Owen Hargreaves, Adam Johnson, Emile Mpenza, Jose Pozo**, Jo, Michael Johnson**, Vladimir Weiss, Rolando Bianchi, Manu Garcia* **, Elano, Roque Santa Cruz, Georgios Samaras, Aleix Garcia* **
Manchester United
Michael Owen, Carlos Tevez, Darron Gibson**, Danny Welbeck**, Park Ji-sung, Bebe, Andreas Pereira* **, Federico Macheda**, Tom Cleverley**, Paul Pogba**, Fabio**
Tottenham
Roman Pavlyuchenko, Peter Crouch, Jamie O’Hara**, Andros Townsend**, Roberto Soldado, Nacer Chadli, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Vincent Janssen, Steed Malbranque, Frazier Campbell, Jonathan Woodgate, Josh Onomah, Pascal Chimbonda, Paulinho, David Bentley, Emmanuel Adebayor, Nabil Bentaleb**, Darren Bent, Ryan Mason**, Dimitar Berbatov
Jamie O’Hara scored for Tottenham but never became a regular for the club
Nabil Bentaleb (left) and Ryan Mason didn’t quite make the most of early promise