Arsenal have already agreed to signal their subsequent Dowman

The aim for Arsenal this season must be to lastly get their arms on the Premier League title.

Mikel Arteta’s facet completed the final three campaigns in second place and have been constructing in the direction of lastly getting over the road.

Nonetheless, whereas the followers and workforce might be targeted on the right here and now, the board and powers that be should take a longer-term view and plan for the following squad and the one after that.

It is this strategy that has seen the membership signal some of the thrilling children within the recreation, a participant who might present Arsenal’s personal Ethan Nwaneri with actual competitors for the ten place just a few years from now.

The way forward for Arsenal’s ten place

After years of constructing it, Arsenal lastly have a squad during which most positions have a minimum of two gamers competing for a spot.

That is very true with regards to attacking midfield.

The 2 essential opponents for that position this season have been and can probably proceed to be Martin Odegaard and Eberechi Eze.

The previous has held the place for the previous couple of years however had an underwhelming marketing campaign final yr, registering simply 18 aim involvements in 45 video games.

Eze, alternatively, racked up a superb haul of 25 aim involvements in 43 video games for Crystal Palace within the ten position final yr.

Neither one has genuinely made the place their very own this season, however the Englishman has been extra productive, racking up seven aim involvements there to his captain’s two.

Each gamers might want to begin enhancing, although, as inside a yr or two they’re prone to face extra critical competitors for gametime from Hale Finish stars Nwaneri and Dowman.

The previous spent most of final season on the precise, the place he scored 9 objectives and offered two assists in 37 appearances, however is principally seen as a quantity ten.

The latter, whereas nonetheless simply 15, is seen as the most effective prospects to ever come by way of the membership’s academy, the place he as soon as once more spent most of his time taking part in in attacking midfield.

General, the way forward for Arsenal’s quantity ten place is vastly promising, and now, due to Andrea Berta and Co, one other unbelievable expertise might be competing to play there, which could possibly be dangerous information for Nwaneri.

Arsenal’s new Dowman-like Gem

With folks like expertise scout Jacek Kulig dubbing Dowman “essentially the most thrilling prospect” they’ve seen “since Lamine Yamal,” you need to be fairly particular to be in comparison with him.

Thankfully, from what these within the know say, Holger Quintero appears greater than particular sufficient to warrant that comparability.

Arsenal accomplished the signing of the 16-year-old wonderkid and his twin brother earlier this month, however, as a result of guidelines on foreign-born children, neither will be capable of be a part of the primary workforce till they’re 18, in 2027.

The excellent news is that it’ll simply give them extra time to develop away from the highlight.

Though, based mostly on what’s being stated about them, like Dowman, they’d in all probability be capable of characteristic on the snore facet this season.

For instance, revered analyst-turned-scout Ben Mattinson has described Holger as “a decisive creator with a killer last ball” who has “wonderful imaginative and prescient to see the entire recreation” but in addition “1v1 prowess to tackle gamers.”

As if that wasn’t sufficient, Kulig has described {the teenager} as “some of the thrilling U17s in South America,” which is excessive reward certainly contemplating the extent of expertise popping out of the continent.

Lastly, on prime of the whole lot else, U23 scout Antonio Mango described him as somebody blessed with “excessive technical & mind qualities.”

In all, the Ecuadorian wonderkid appears like the proper ten prospect, somebody who can create possibilities by way of a superb vary of passing, or be the aim menace himself as a result of his elite shut management.

Nonetheless, whereas the 16-year-old is unlikely to develop rapidly sufficient to be a real rival for Odegaard and Eze, it appears he’ll be competing for recreation time with Dowman and Nwaneri.

Finally, whereas some may fear in regards to the influence he might have on the 2 Hale Enders, discovering sufficient recreation time for all three youngsters is an issue Arteta and Arsenal will in all probability be glad to have.

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