Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has heaped reward on his “very particular” teammate Myles Lewis-Skelly, insisting the teen can go the very prime.
Lewis-Skelly, a midfielder as an Arsenal youth prospect, has damaged into the primary group 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 stated 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 told the Arsenal web site. “For an 18-year-old to be that good, that comfy, that sturdy — it was like he was in-built a lab!
“I stated that to him the opposite day, it is simply ridiculous how good he’s, however he has a protracted strategy to go. He’s so level-headed, he is acquired an amazing household round him, I do know his mum takes care of him very well and all of the boys on the coaching floor do too.
“We have a extremely good crop of kids coming by way of 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 in all two teenage Hale End 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 stated of Lewis-Skelly: “He is a particular character. He is effectively forward of his age after which he has qualities the place he adapts to the best way that we’re enjoying. Credit to him.”
