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Graeme Souness shares what he likes about Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly amid words of caution
Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly has enjoyed a breakout season at the Emirates Stadium.
The 18-year-old only made his sen✨ior debut ✱in September last year, when he made a late cameo in the 2–2 draw away at Manchester City.
However, Lewis-Skelly has done so well that he’s now Arsenal’s first-choice left-back, with 20 competitive appearances to ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhis name this term.
Liverpool and Scotland legend Graeme Souness has now praised Lewis-Skelly, but he also issued a word of ad🅘vice to the Gunner🥃s youngster.
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Graeme Souness says Myles Lewis-Skelly ‘needs to wind his neck in’
Graeme Souness has confirmed he likes Myles Lewis-Skelly, saying he’s a fan of his attitude and backing him to become a “real player”♔.
Indeed, the pundit says he likes people with attitude in all walks🐻 of life, not just football.
However, Souness suggests he was not impressed by Lewis-Skelly’s goal celebration poking fun at Erling Haaland in Arsenal’s 5-1 win𒅌 over Man City.
“I like Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly,ඣ” Souness wrote in the . “Attitude is oozing out of him and it’s why I think he’s going to be a real player.
“He put in a strong performance during Arsenal’s 5-1 defeat of Manchester City last weekend which included him mimicking Erling Haalan💫d’s goal celebration after extending his team’s lead.
“I love attitude in all walks of life – an💟d notꦏ just in the football world. People who go out there and say: ‘This is me. I’m going to do this.’ I like to see players who have b——-, too.
ไ“But I have to say, having s🐓een that celebration, I think he needs to wind his neck in.
“At 1ꦦ8, it’s a bit early to be going down the road of mimicking a player like Haaland, someone who’s achieved great things 💧in our league.
“Wait till you’ve won a few things in our game, son. Just g꧂ive🍰 it a few years. Listen and learn every day until then.
“Know that someone so young going down that roa🌱d is not a good look.”
Rio Ferdinand’s counter-argument
An argument t🃏hat often do♐es the rounds online is that footballers these days aren’t characters like they used to be back in the day.
However, the minute a football player actually starts showing s൩ome personality, some people start saying they’re bein♔g disrespectful and so on and so forth.
Indeed, the Prಞemier League authorities now seemingly want to crack down on celebrations that could be deemed inflamm🧔atory.
Rio Ferdinand defended Lewis-Skell🅘y in facꦉe of criticism from the likes of Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville.
“I saw Gary Neville say it’s [Lewis-Skelly’s celebration] disrespe🍨ctful,” he sꦬaid on Five.
“Bro, some of the biggest, m🍒ost iconic moments in Premier League history aren’t about footbalꦜl.
“Roy Keane in the tunnel with Vieira. 🍸Martin Keown with Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Adebayor running to the Arsenal fans. Me slapping Mr B🍬ennett.
“Come on man. Gary Neville, one of his biggest moments was doin🌞g that ♏[grabbing the Manchester United badge] to Liverpool fans after my goal.”