What's Going On With Arsenal Youngster Lewis-skelly?

Despite a driblet successful crippled clip aft uncovering himself successful nan heavy extremity of a title situation astatine conscionable 18 past year, it is not each antagonistic for Lewis-Skelly.

He started 26 times successful 42 games past play arsenic Calafiori, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Kieran Tierney each had wounded issues.

That whitethorn person led many, including Lewis-Skelly, to expect much clip connected nan transportation this season. However, while he has started 12 games successful 26 appearances, conscionable 1 commencement has travel successful nan Premier League.

The talk of being a starting England left-back came up of schedule for nan scheme that Lewis-Skelly had successful his profession and he will still person played capable to person a Premier League badge if Arsenal are capable to make nan measurement to becoming champions successful May.

He has started six of Arsenal's 9 Champions League games, which included awesome wins complete Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid - during which he produced a line-breaking tally and assistance - and he besides played nan afloat 90 minutes successful Arsenal's triumph complete Inter Milan successful nan San Siro.

"Every play is different," Arteta said erstwhile asked astir Lewis-Skelly's crippled clip this season.

"He had very bully moments successful this season. He had different moments erstwhile he hasn't played successful that much.

"Obviously, a fewer days ago, successful nan FA Cup, he was suspended and he could not play.

"So, location are various reasons. Sometimes, arsenic well, nan bully shape of your team-mates. There's a batch of factors that lend to that. But he's doing well."

Arteta is not adverse to giving young players a chance, pinch six youngsters making their debut this season, but location is simply a quality betwixt getting a sensation of first-team shot and playing successful crunch games.

Lewis-Skelly has excelled erstwhile playing arsenic a full-back and inverting into midfield pinch nan ball, but pinch a tweak connected nan requirements connected Arsenal's full-backs this season, those attributes are not truthful evidently needed successful build-up play.

Nwaneri's indebtedness will still beryllium caller successful nan memory, and nan truth that Lewis-Skelly would coming axenic profit for Arsenal connected nan equilibrium expanse is besides different intriguing facet erstwhile discussing his future.

There are not galore 19-year-olds who person achieved what Lewis-Skelly has.

But pinch action for nan World Cup looking progressively unlikely, location whitethorn beryllium discussions to beryllium had astir his contiguous profession scheme successful nan summer.