Arsenal Midfielder Declan Rice praised his “very special” teammate Miles Lewis-SkelleyInsistent youth can go to the top too.
Lewis-Skelley, a midfielder as an Arsenal youth prospect, has joined the first team at left-back this season and has started the last three. Premier League Games, with an impressed Mikel Arteta favoring him in favor of a more experienced option.
England International Rice said it was “ridiculous” how good the 18-year-old is already.
“He can go to the top, this kid is special, very special,” Rice said to say Arsenal website. “For an 18-year-old to be that good, that comfortable, that strong — it was like he was made in a lab!
“I said to him the other day, it’s ridiculous how good he is, but he’s got a long way to go. He’s very good, he’s got a great family around him, I know his mum looks after him very well and so do all the lads at the training ground.
“We have a really good crop of young guys and he can be whatever he wants to be, he just has to stay focused and always want more and he can.”
Lewis-Skelley is one of two teenage Hale end products given regular minutes by Arteta this season, with Ethan Nwaneri The midfield also catches the eye.
after friday 1-0 win Against Ipswich that lifted Arsenal to second place in the Premier League, Arteta said of Lewis-Skelley: “He’s a special character. He’s way ahead of his age and then he’s got qualities where he adapts to our game. Credit to him.”
