Arsenal's Young Talent Stealing The Show On Tour

It has been a engaged summertime for Arsenal leader Mikel Arteta, pinch six caller signings - including striker Viktor Gyokeres - brought successful to boost their Premier League title hopes.

However, it is 1 of nan 2 15-year-old academy players connected their pre-season circuit of Asia who has captured nan attention.

Max Dowman and Marli Salmon are nan 2 youngest players successful nan squad.

And attacking midfielder Dowman has shown successful friendlies against AC Milan and Newcastle precisely why location is truthful overmuch excitement astir his potential.

Having first trained pinch nan first squad erstwhile he was 14, Dowman was portion of nan elder squad that travelled to Dubai successful January for their wintertime training camp.

There was moreover talk astir that clip astir nan England younker world getting a call-up to nan broadside pursuing an wounded crisis, pinch cardinal forwards Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus each sidelined astatine various times done injury.

Dowman replaced England world Saka successful some pre-season friendlies. While he showed moments of accomplishment successful nan AC Milan match, it was nan capacity against Newcastle that showed why he has been tipped for a Premier League debut this season.

A delightful dribble into nan area, which ended pinch Dowman being fouled by Joelinton for a punishment that handed Arsenal a 3-2 victory, was 1 of nan standout moments of nan game.

"It is special," said Arteta erstwhile asked astir nan youngster's show against Newcastle.

"Obviously what he's done coming against this squad successful nan clip that he had connected nan transportation is thing surely not communal to witnesser for a 15-year-old.

"We are highly happy to person him. I think, again, nan situation that he's astir in, his family, nan group astatine nan nine and astir nan academy arsenic well, ace helpful, because they put him into this position truthful early successful his travel - having a existent chance and a existent beingness erstwhile he plays for nan first time."

Having joined Real Madrid astatine 16 aft being courted by galore of Europe's elite clubs, Arsenal skipper Martin Odegaard says he will beryllium "able to stock my experience" pinch Dowman and England Under-16 world defender Salmon.

"I deliberation nan full squad is really bully successful this measurement to thief nan young players," said nan Norwegian, 26. "I deliberation myself, I conscionable effort to stock my experience, guideline them successful nan correct direction, thief them to support nan correct mindset, because you tin spot that nan value is evidently there.

"Just trying to thief them to person nan correct mindset and to thief them consciousness bully successful nan squad and to benignant of fto them radiance and do their thing.

"They've been astonishing connected this circuit and you tin besides spot nan quality. It'll beryllium breathtaking to spot successful nan future."

Dowman represented nan England Under-17s successful nan Euros successful nan summertime and became nan competition's youngest scorer erstwhile he netted successful nan triumph complete nan Czech Republic.

At Arsenal he is playing 3 years supra his property group. He scored 19 goals and provided 5 assists successful 23 games past season, pinch 17 of those attacking returns coming successful nan past 7 matches of nan under-18 Premier League South play (14 goals, 3 assists).

Arsenal's England midfielder Declan Rice has called him an "unreal talent" and Dowman will beryllium hoping to unrecorded up to nan hype and travel Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, some 18, into nan first squad aft coming done nan club's academy.