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Myles Lewis-Skelly said how every Arsenal fan feels about Mikel Merino

9Oct

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Myles Lewis-Skelly said how every Arsenal fan feels about Mikel Merino

Young Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly is developing into quite the press resistant stud in the middle of the park, joining a stacked group of midfielders that includes Ballon d'Or candidate Declan Rice, new star Bruno Guimaraes, and the borderline world class Spanish duo of Martin Zubimendi and Mikel Merino. Of all those five great players, Merino is the one whose greatness tends to go the most underrated, even after winning the World Cup and Premier League with all the clutch goals, including two more clutch ones in a recent UEFA Nations League win over Croatia. Any chance we can get to hype up Merino, who was class in La Liga for Real Sociedad alongside Zubi before Mikel Arteta wisely snapped him (and then Zubi himself) up, we will take it. And it sounds like MLS is the same way...

Micah Richards hit the Myles Lewis-Skelly problem on the head

Arsenal have one of the most stacked rosters in the Premier League, especially when looking at their defense and midfield. They can withstand any injury to those positions with the most enviable depth in European football, and the case of Myles Lewis-Skelly best exemplifies that. Mikel Arteta took one of the best left back prospects in the world and converted him to a midfielder with the staggering depth he has accrued on the left hand side of the defense, and right now, MLS has been one of the best young midfielders in the Premier League, showing an accuracy of passing, defensive quality, and press resistance that would put him up there with anyone in the Premier League. But of course, Lewis-Skelly's days as a starter are going to be numbered because new signing Bruno Guimaraes is r...

Myles Lewis-Skelly is beyond what Mikel Arteta expected for Arsenal

So many managers dream of taking a young fullback prospect and turning them into a midfield general. Liverpool tried to do that with Trent Alexander-Arnold bu failed, and not everyone can make the transition like Joshua Kimmich did for Bayern Munich. But against the odds, Myles Lewis-Skelly has fully transitioned this season from one of England's most promising left back prospects into a legitimate standout in center midfield. Honestly, MLS, with his grit and athleticism, looks 10 times the player in midfield than he did on the outside of the defense. The young England international looks like an ideal Mikel Arteta scrapper in the defensive midfield with a pass completion percentage beyond 93, no dribbles completed allowed, and nearly two fouls drawn per game. Arsenal love having mid...