Arsenal: The Myles Lewis-Skelly phenomenon puts England at its feet

Since his arrival at the head of Arsenal, Mikel Arteta has distinguished himself on his ability to shape young players. Allowing the hatching of Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah or Emile Smith-Rowe who were trained in the club or participating in the rise of Gabriel Martinelli or William Saliba, the Spanish technician was able to find the formula to quickly bring talents to talents A high level of competitiveness. This season, it is even more felt given the many injuries experienced by the Gunners. While Bukaya Saka is on the front side, Ethan Nwaneri was able to bring his stone to the building and competition Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard in the corridors (7 goals in 22 matches). Behind another big talent is illustrated in the left corridor. While Ben White is injured while Keiran Tierney, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jakub Kiwior and Riccardo Calafiori are unconvincing, Myles Lewis-Skelly has made his hole.

A young 18-year-old, a pure product of the academy, Myles Lewis-Skelly has been in Arsenal since 2015 and has been able to grow with the Gunners. Making his professional debut on September 22 against Manchester City (2-2), the left side has grown in power in recent weeks to the point of becoming essential in the eyes of Mikel Arteta. On the last nine games of the Gunners, he has eight appearances for seven tenures and his contribution was convincing. Solid defensively, excellent counterattack, Myles Lewis-Skelly is already unanimous. “It is so special that it seems to have been built in a laboratory”notably said his teammate Declan Rice. In addition to its important qualities, Myles Lewis-Skelly is distinguished by a very important self-confidence.

A well -tempered character

Starting last September against Manchester City, he won at the end of the match with Erling Haaland who had dropped him: “But who are you?” A little over four months later, no need to introduce yourself for Myles Lewis-Skelly who delivered an XXL match in the 5-1 demonstration of the Gunners against the Sky Blues. Solid defensively and scorer, he had notably changed the Norwegian by pricking his celebration to celebrate his goal. A former Arsenal scorer, Theo Walcott was impressed by the strong personality of the left side, already compared to Ashley Cole on the side of the Perfide Albion: “I saw Lewis-Skelly very closely. All his attitude stood out, he plays above his age.»»

After the match against Manchester City, his coach Mikel Arteta did not fail to congratulate him on his performance: “It takes great individual performances against this Manchester City team to beat them in the way we did and Myles was certainly one of them with the maturity he has shown and also competitiveness. In addition to that, he scores a goal.If he must now confirm over time with the Champions League and the Premier League as main objectives with Arsenal, Myles Lewis-Skelly may have to digest a new status. International English U19, he is appreciated by Thomas Tuchel who is already thinking of selecting him for his first list next March for the start of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Albania (March 21) and Latvia (March 24).