Seven longest gaps between first-team appearances for one club including Man Utd’s Phil Jones and Chelsea’s Lewis Baker

LEWIS BAKER lastly returned to the Chelsea first-team for his or her FA Cup win over Chesterfield on the weekend after EIGHT YEARS away.

On the again of that stunning stat, we check out the seven longest breaks between appearances for a single membership in historical past.

Lewis Baker (Chelsea) - 2,925 days

IT'S no shock to see Baker high the checklist.

The Chelsea midfielder, 26, made his senior debut within the FA Cup third-round win over Derby in January 2014.

Baker changed Oscar for the ultimate three minutes of the sport.

However the 17-cap England Underneath-21s ace has been loaned out EIGHT occasions, most-recently to Turkish facet Trabzonspor.

On the weekend, Baker was given the possibility within the 5-1 win over Chesterfield - once more within the FA CUp third spherical and once more off the bench.

He changed Andreas Christensen for the ultimate half an hour of the thumping win at Stamford Bridge.

Regardless of taking part in his first senior recreation in over eight years - 2,925 days in all - Baker is lastly set to give up the membership after 16 years, with a everlasting switch to Stoke on the playing cards.

Lewis Baker performed his first match for Chelsea in eight years throughout the win over ChesterfieldCredit score: Reuters

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Luis Milla (Barcelona) - 1,455

IN the 1984-85 season, Spanish top-flight stars went on strike - forcing the second match of the season to be performed with reserve and youth gamers.

Barcelona fielded 18-year-old Milla that day - who scored the opening objective in a 4-0 win.

However with the strike quickly ending, Milla was shipped again to the youth workforce and must wait 4 years - virtually to the day - earlier than making his subsequent look.

The three-cap former Spain worldwide broke into the Barca first-team correctly in 1988 - however would give up simply two years later amid a bitter contract row.

Milla now solely left the Nou Camp, he joined their fierce rivals Actual Madrid, the place he would spend seven years, taking part in 165 occasions in LaLiga.

Gareth Ainsworth (Wycombe) - 1,221

AINSWORTH has been in cost at Wycombe since 2012, when he changed Gary Waddock.

He took over initially as player-caretaker-manager and did so nicely he was given the highest job completely.

Ainsworth retired as a participant seven months later, in April 2013.

However, in August 2016 and amid an horrific damage disaster, the boss got here out of retirement to play within the 3-0 Checkatrade Trophy win over Northampton.

It was his first recreation in over three years.

Wycombe supervisor Gareth Ainsworth was pressured to play himself amid an damage disaster, three years after retiringCredit score: Getty Photographs - Getty

John Kennedy noticed his profession wrecked by an damage sustained on his Scotland debut in 2004Credit score: PA:Press Affiliation

John Kennedy (Celtic) - 1,120

KENNEDY missed over three years as a consequence of a horror damage that finally ended his profession.

After impressing for the Hoops, centre-back Kennedy made his Scotland debut in March 2004.

Sadly, Kennedy was on the receiving finish of a sickening lunge from Romania's Ionel Ganea simply 14 minutes into the sport.

The defender missed over three years of motion, returning in April 2007.

However Kennedy struggled along with his knee within the following seasons and would retire simply two years later, aged simply 26.

Kennedy served as caretaker supervisor of Celtic final 12 months following Neil Lennon's exit, having labored his means from scout, to teach to assistant supervisor in a decade within the backroom workers.

Ian Durrant (Rangers) - 910

ANOTHER participant to overlook an enormous chunk of taking part in time following a horror sort out was ex-Rangers man Durrant.

The striker , aged simply 21 on the time, was significantly harm after a sort out from Aberdeen's Neil Simpson.

Durrant missed shut to a few years of motion with a torn ACL.

His accidents, thankfully, didn't wreck his profession although with Durrant incomes 20 Scotland caps and having fun with a positive profession at Rangers and later Kilmarnock.

Luke Younger missed two years of motion as a consequence of varied accidents and was frozen out by Mark HughesCredit score: Motion Photographs - Reuters

Phil Jones made his return to the Man Utd first-team after a two-year hole earlier this monthCredit score: Reuters

Luke Younger (QPR) - 745

TOWARDS the tip of his profession, throughout which he'd received seven England caps, right-back Younger struggled for recreation time at QPR.

He was a daily beneath Neil Warnock and Mark Hughes in 2011-12 however was frozen out the next season.

Younger then struggled with accidents, together with a nasty hip situation.

The ex-Tottenham, Charlton, Middlesbrough and Aston Villa man did not play once more till April 2013.

However he was launched on the finish of the season and retired from soccer quickly after.

Phil Jones (Man Utd) - 712

THE ex-England synthetic his first look for Man Utd in almost two years for the 1-0 defeat at Wolves.

Whereas his team-mates struggled, followers piled reward on Jones for his enthusiasm in addition to his very good efficiency.

Extremely, his final first workforce look in any competitors got here when he scored within the 6-1 FA Cup away win at Tranmere.

Nonetheless solely 29, the 2012-13 title winner is beneath contract at Man Utd till 2023 however has been tormented by damage setbacks over the past two years.

He admitted in September that a critical knee situation and subsequent abuse he suffered left him ‘an absolute mess’.

However Jones - the person as soon as tipped to turn into United's 'best-ever participant' - is hoping to construct on his indicators of promise this season in his facet's shaky back-line.

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