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Alan Shearer has a point to make about Myles Lewis-Skelly after watching him at Arsenal
Despite only arriving on the first team scene at Arsenal less than a year ago, 18-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly is set to start both legs of a Champions League semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain.
Lewis-Skelly has taken every chance that he’s been handed by Mikel Arteta at Arsenal and he is now the club’s go-to starter on the left.
Four-time Premier League winner Oleksandr Zinchenko has been completely displaced and Riccardo Calafiori has a hard task to displace the Hale End graduate when he’s fully fit too.
Of course, Lewis-Skelly is only newly-converted as a full-back — he’s spent the entirety of his youth career playing as a midfielder.
Therefore, with Thomas Partey suspended against PSG, perhaps there is some temptation for Arteta to put the youngster into his midfield.
Alan Shearer completely amazed by Myles Lewis-Skelly’s strength
Either way, pundit Alan Shearer had some very complimentary words to share about Lewis-Skelly on ‘The Rest Is Football’ podcast.
The panel were asked if the Arsenal youngster was the best young full-back to burst onto the scene since Micah Richards at Manchester City some years ago.
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And although the names of players like Luke Shaw whilst he was at Southampton were also mentioned too, there was unanimous admiration for Lewis-Skelly’s rise.
In particular, Shearer was amazed by Lewis-Skelly’s physique, comparing his legs to ‘tree trunks’.
Shearer said: “His build is, you know, his build, his build is like, he’s so physically strong already, isn’t he?
“I mean, even if you look at his, his legs are like tree trunks already, and strong, thick set, and yeah, it’s just, I mean, everything about him is outstanding, isn’t it?”
Mikel Arteta deserves credit for Myles Lewis-Skelly’s success
Of course, Arteta does also deserve some credit for how patient he’s been with Lewis-Skelly as well as Ethan Nwaneri.
The club would have been aware that they had two potential superstars emerging in their academy, but Arteta refused to throw the duo into the spotlight too soon, protecting them somewhat.
Then, when Lewis-Skelly was ready for the rigmarole of Premier League football, Arteta came through with his plan.
Lewis-Skelly was brilliant against Real Madrid’s Rodrygo at the Santiago Bernabeu recently and it’s no exaggeration to say that he’s already among the world’s best full-backs.
A priceless talent, and huge success story for Arsenal’s academy.