Arsenal maintain a “huge pleasure” over one unseen teenager of their ranks, alongside fellow rising stars Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, who’re making a lot of the headlines in north London proper now.
Ethan Nwaneri scores for Arsenal towards Nottingham Forest
Each Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri are having fun with breakthrough campaigns at N5, with supervisor Mikel Arteta handing each youngsters minutes amid an early season which has been suffering from accidents to first-team stars.
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He’d be a stellar addition to the squad.
Lewis-Skelly, 18, has made six first-team appearances in all competitions – largely filling in at left-back – with the cameos together with one full begin towards Bolton Wanderers within the Carabao Cup.
“He can play in three positions – as a left-back, as a six, as an eight,” mentioned Arteta on Lewis-Skelly’s versatility earlier this season.
“He’s very adaptable, I feel that’s a benefit of Myles. He’s very clever, very thorough. And he has a aggressive edge that I feel is demanded at this degree. He actually desires it, and we’re going to make use of him in numerous positions.
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Arsenal’s subsequent 5 Premier League video games |
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West Ham United (away) |
November 30 |
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Man United (residence) |
December 4 |
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Fulham (away) |
December 8 |
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Everton (residence) |
December 14 |
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Crystal Palace (away) |
December 21 |
“He’s a competitor, you take a look at him in each duel … the best way he reacts together with his teammates, you communicate to him and it’s continually eye contact, he’s asking questions … it’s a particular character.”
Whereas Lewis-Skelly is attracting reward from Arteta, the identical can positively be mentioned for Nwaneri, who’s bagged 4 objectives in 9 appearances throughout all competitions this time period.
He scored his first Premier League objective on Saturday, throughout Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, and the 17-year-old seems to be establishing himself as Hale Finish’s newest Gunners sensation.
“The very first thing he does is take a contact, run ahead, run previous two gamers and put it inches away from the submit,” mentioned Arteta on Nwaneri’s attacking threat.
“I perceive that, I’m liable for him, and it’s a must to try this brick by brick. Right this moment he put in one other brick, now now we have to place the cement, ensure that it doesn’t get dry, in order that he can put in one other one and one other one and that one goes to stay. Then we put yet another layer, we need to put 5 in a row. Imagine me, it received’t work, and now we have to handle that together with his expectations and his load as nicely, which is basically necessary.”
Nwaneri has already been called Arsenal’s next £100m star in the making, however the English gem might have some competitors already.
Arsenal maintain “huge pleasure” over Max Dowman
In keeping with Soccer Transfers, yet one more teenager might be about to burst by way of the youth ranks. Arsenal apparently hold “massive excitement” over young midfielder Max Dowman. The 14-year-old, who turns 15 subsequent month, is already being in comparison with AC Milan legend Kaka inside the membership, and he is set to play alongside senior gamers in a behind-closed-doors pleasant.
The match is being organised in two weeks’ time, and it’s particularly being organized to evaluate Dowman, Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri.
Dowman not too long ago grew to become the youngest-ever Arsenal participant to function for the Below-18s, with FT sources describing the Englishman as an “insane” footballer.
