Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has heaped reward on his “very particular” teammate Myles Lewis-Skelly, insisting the teenager can go the very prime.
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Lewis-Skelly, a midfielder as an Arsenal youth prospect, has damaged into the primary workforce as a left-back this season and has began the final three Premier League video games, with an impressed Mikel Arteta favouring him over extra skilled choices.
England worldwide Rice mentioned it was “ridiculous” how good the 18-year-old already is.
“He can go to the highest, this child is simply particular, very particular,” Rice advised the Arsenal web site. “For an 18-year-old to be that good, that comfy, that robust — it was like he was inbuilt a lab!
“I mentioned that to him the opposite day, it is simply ridiculous how good he’s, however he has an extended method to go. He is so level-headed, he is acquired an excellent household round him, I do know his mum takes care of him rather well and all of the boys on the coaching floor do too.
“We have now a very good crop of children coming by and he might be what he needs to be, he simply wants to remain targeted and all the time need extra and he can try this.”
Lewis-Skelly is one among two teenage Hale Finish merchandise to have been given common minutes by Arteta this season, with Ethan Nwaneri additionally catching the attention in midfield.
After Friday’s 1-0 victory towards Ipswich that lifted Arsenal to second within the Premier League, Arteta mentioned of Lewis-Skelly: “He’s a particular character. He’s nicely forward of his age after which he has qualities the place he adapts to the way in which that we’re enjoying. Credit score to him.”
