{"id":1723,"date":"2026-04-02T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:14:02","slug":"john-terry-urges-thomas-tuchel-to-take-arsenals-max-dowman-to-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=1723","title":{"rendered":"John Terry urges Thomas Tuchel to take Arsenal\u2019s Max Dowman to 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Arsenal have a number of established England internationals vying for a spot in Thomas Tuchel\u2019s World Cup squad, and former Chelsea defender John Terry believes Max Dowman should be among them.<\/p>\n<p>Noni Madueke, Ben White, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice were all called up to Tuchel\u2019s latest squad, although only the former two played for the Three Lions, with the latter two withdrawing from the camp altogether. Madueke was forced off with an injury against Uruguay, while White scored his first international goal against the South Americans, after his introduction sparked a chorus of boos amongst the Wembley crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dowman spent the latest international break playing for England under-19s, scoring a sensational goal against Portugal on Tuesday. While the youngster is yet to even feature for the under-21s, Terry believes his development through the England set-up should be accelerated, and that Tuchel should make him a part of his squad for this summer\u2019s tournament in North America.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>\n          <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ALL ANGLES of Max Dowman&#039;s first senior goal! \ud83d\udcf9 The youngest EVER Premier League goalscorer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/czQetXof7IE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Terry urges Thomas Tuchel to select Max Dowman for England World Cup squad<\/h2>\n<p>Dowman scored a late goal to seal Arsenal\u2019s victory over Everton last month. This moment brought significant attention to the 16-year-old, with many not only calling for him to feature more regularly for the Gunners but also for Tuchel to consider him for the England first team.<\/p>\n<p>The German manager ignored these calls, although he did address the Hale End graduate\u2019s situation in a press conference upon his most recent squad announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always have the chance to call him up for the World Cup,\u201d Tuchel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe put himself in the spotlight with this amazing goal against Everton and the crucial goal. I think at the moment he is competing and obviously an outstanding talent at this age; there cannot be a doubt about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality at the moment, he\u2019s competing for minutes; he\u2019s not a regular starter. He\u2019s in a fantastic environment, in the best environment possible at a competitive club, in a stable club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Tuchel was coy on Dowman\u2019s potential inclusion, Terry was not. Asked on his TikTok page whether the wonderkid should make England\u2019s World Cup squad, the Chelsea legend replied: \u201cYes.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>Dowman has played just 238 senior career minutes, so calls for him to play for England are somewhat premature. That said, if he continues on his current trajectory, then a call-up can\u2019t be too far away.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Terry delivers World Cup verdict on Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze<\/h2>\n<p>While Dowman may be unlikely to make the England World Cup squad, the likes of Madueke and Eze are fighting tooth and nail to make it.<\/p>\n<p>Saka is likely to assume the right-wing spot, and thus, Madueke will be competing with Bowen to deputise for Arsenal\u2019s talisman. Meanwhile, Eze faces competition from the likes of Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Morgan Rogers and Morgan Gibbs-White.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers and Bellingham appear to be Tuchel\u2019s favoured options in the attacking midfield area, although Eze\u2019s versatility means he still has a chance.<\/p>\n<p>In the same TikTok, Terry said yes to Eze\u2019s inclusion and no to Madueke. The iconic former Premier League centre-back seemingly believes Dowman should back-up Saka over Madueke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have a number of established England internationals vying for a spot in Thomas Tuchel\u2019s World Cup squad, and former Chelsea defender John Terry believes Max Dowman should be among them. Noni Madueke, Ben White, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice were all called up to Tuchel\u2019s latest squad, although only the former two played for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}