Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman has been urged to leave the club at his earliest opportunity.
The 16-year-old became the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history when he netted his first senior goal for the club in the 2-0 win over Everton earlier this month.
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Arsenal hold high hopes for their academy star who has featured three times under Mikel Arteta.
The teenage sensation is one of four academy graduates to have broken into the first-team picture.
Ethan Nwaneri, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Marli Salmon have all clocked up minutes over the last 12 months under Arteta despite the Spaniard spending heavily in the transfer market.
‘Start plotting your exit’
However, eSPORTY’s Adrian Durham has urged Dowman to continue his development elsewhere.
Our chief live football anchor believes the youngster should look closely at his fellow academy stars who he believes have stagnated under Arteta’s watch.
“Max Dowman needs to leave Arsenal as soon as possible,” Durham told the eSPORTY Daily podcast on the latest episode of Fiery Fridays.
“Dowman has seen Myles Lewis-Skelly’s career derailed by MIkel Arteta. He’s not even third choice left-back now – [Piero] Hincapie and [Riccardo] Calafiori ahead of him in a Wembley final.
“He was a midfielder in the youth team and got to a Youth Cup final in midfield.
“Even with [Martin] Zubimendi looking like a League One player, [Declan] Rice’s numbers are shocking and [Mikel] Merino injured. Lewis-Skelly isn’t going to get a look in there, he’s third choice left-back.
“He’s surely on his way.”
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Arteta’s mismanagement
Durham then slammed Arteta’s handling of Nwaneri who has endured a difficult loan spell at Ligue 1 giants Marseille.
He said: “He’s [Dowman] also seen another youth team product Ethan Nwaneri used to boost Arteta’s ego – ‘look at me, I play young players’ – and yet in their title season he’s sent to Marseille with no recall clause which is total disrespect.
“So Max Dowman needs to take a look at these things and realise that he’s just another tick in Mikel Arteta’s box.
“It’s all about Arteta, it’s not about Dowman and if he stays there, Arteta will keep signing right wingers for money until Max Dowman realises Arteta is just not that into him. That’s the reality of it.
“[Bukayo] Saka is playing like me this season. He’s never going to be dropped. [Noni] Madueke played in the cup final like he didn’t even know what a football was. They are both ahead of Dowman on that right hand side.
“Arsenal were sinking fast in that cup final. Embarrassed on the big stage. They needed something special and yet Arteta did not bring Max Dowman on.”
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Durham continued: “He didn’t bring on the true starboy that saved Arsenal in the Everton game in the Premier League.
“Here’s the thing, the cup final proved what a lot of people think – Arsenal aren’t that good.
“They’re going to win the title, not because they’re special, they’re winning it because City have been below standard, Chelsea are a ridiculous football club, Liverpool have had an impossible situation to deal with since last summer and Man United stuck with [Ruben] Amorim for far too long.
“So Dowman can look at Nwaneri being told he’s not going to get a game at 10, they’d rather spend big on [Eberechi] Eze or play [Kai Havertz there which is ridiculous.
“Look at Lewis-Skelly going backwards in his career. He even got into the England team and Arteta just discarded him and he’s not going to go to the World Cup.”
Durham then signed off with a heartfelt plea urging Dowman to leave the north London club and even urged the star to seek out a move to Spain.
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“Max Dowman don’t follow their path. Forget who your family supports, that’s irrelevant now. Think about your career, go find a stage your talents deserve,” he said.
“Barcelona, Real Madrid, wherever it is. Go find a coach who will get the very best out of you and bring you success in your career.
“You deserve better than Arsenal.”
