Arsenal had a number of younger expertise on present in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup win towards Bolton and David Ornstein has named who he thinks is the subsequent huge expertise to return out of the membership’s academy.
Following final weekend’s draw towards Manchester Metropolis, Mikel Arteta made a number of modifications towards Bolton and handed a variety of kids alternatives to impress within the first crew.
Ethan Nwaneri grabbed the headlines as he scored two targets, however Myles Lewis-Skelly additionally featured together with 16-year-old goalkeeper Jack Porter.
Ornstein singles out Dowman as subsequent huge Arsenal expertise
Arsenal’s academy has produced a variety of sensible gamers over time with Bukayo Saka very a lot the poster boy.
The Gunners offered academy graduates Emile Smith Rowe and Eddie Nketiah this summer season, while Reiss Nelson left the membership on mortgage.
Nonetheless, it seems there’s loads of expertise coming by means of at Hale Finish with Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly knocking on the door for extra common first crew alternatives.
Nonetheless, Ornstein is already wanting additional forward and he’s highlighted who he feels is the subsequent huge expertise within the Arsenal academy and named Max Dowman.
“On this one, it actually did appear to be Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly,” he advised Sky Sports activities’ Again Pages podcast.
“However tonight, and on the bench in Europe towards Atalanta and even at Manchester Metropolis, we’ve began to see a couple of extra rising.
“There’s a completely excellent expertise coming by means of at Arsenal, probably the greatest within the nation in Max Dowman. And so we’ll be seeing a bit extra of him in recent times.”
Given Dowman is just 14-years-old he’s a minimum of two years away from the primary crew squad, however he’s making a reputation for himself already as he grew to become the youngest goalscorer in Uefa Youth League historical past and he’s already been known as as much as the England under-17 squad.
It definitely sounds likes Dowman is one to keep watch over and a participant that Arsenal followers might be seeing lots extra of within the years to return.
