The Premier League Players Who Took Longest to Win Their First Game

It’s early days, but you fear Southampton might set a few unwanted records this season.

After seven games, they are winless, with only a point to their name and just four goals scored.

At least the club has the faint afterglow of success from winning promotion last season, though there is one member of their team who doesn’t even have that — and, instead, has within his sights one of the more undesirable individual records around.

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Step forward Ben Brereton Diaz, who has played 20 Premier League games in his career so far — six for Southampton, 14 for Sheffield United last season — without winning any. That is the record for

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