{"id":715,"date":"2026-03-30T15:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=715"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:03:42","slug":"arsenal-news-max-dowman-implored-to-leave-the-gunners-as-soon-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=715","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal news: Max Dowman implored to leave the Gunners &#8216;as soon as possible&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>At A Glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Max Dowman recently became the youngest-ever goalscorer in Premier League history.<\/li>\n<li>At 16, the teenager is one for the future.<\/li>\n<li>A footballing presenter, however, has told the Arsenal star to leave the club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal are looking to end their silverware drought by the time of end of 2025\/26 campaign \u2013 and teenage sensation Max Dowman could be a real difference-maker for the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old, born and raised in Chelmsford, became the youngest-ever goalscorer in Premier League history when he netted against Everton earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s Hale Ender has taken the world by storm with his brilliance and there are even many figures that think he should travel with England to the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> Exclusive: Jermaine Pennant on Max Dowman\u2019s brilliance and Arsenal\u2019s \u2018anti-football\u2019 style<\/p>\n<p>Irrespective of whether Thomas Tuchel hands him a spot on the plane this summer, there are others of an opposing opinion. In fact, a football presenter has even told him to leave north London.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Max <strong>Dowman urged to leave Arsenal at earliest opportunity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Born in 2009, Dowman has now played seven times for the senior Arsenal side. He\u2019s scored just once \u2013 <em>that<\/em> goal against Everton! \u2013 but much of his best work is done tangibly.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Durham, a notable presenter for talkSPORT, believes the youngster should look at the career of Myles Lewis-Skelly <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4143878\/max-dowman-leave-arsenal-mikel-arteta-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as a reminder of what could happen to him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMax Dowman needs to leave Arsenal as soon as possible. Dowman has seen Myles Lewis-Skelly\u2019s career derailed by Mikel Arteta. He\u2019s not even third choice left-back now \u2013 (Piero) Hincapie and (Riccardo) Calafiori ahead of him in a Wembley final,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/neimyYx6u5Yb-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/neimyYx6u5Yb-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/neimyYx6u5Yb-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/neimyYx6u5Yb-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/neimyYx6u5Yb.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe was a midfielder in the youth team and got to a Youth Cup final in midfield,\u201d he said when referencing Lewis-Skelly\u2019s lack of minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with (Martin) Zubimendi looking like a League One player, (Declan) Rice\u2019s numbers are shocking and (Mikel) Merino injured. Lewis-Skelly isn\u2019t going to get a look in there, he\u2019s third choice left-back. He\u2019s surely on his way.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Durham claims Arteta is to blame <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s (Dowman) also seen another youth team product Ethan Nwaneri used to boost Arteta\u2019s ego \u2013 \u2018look at me, I play young players\u2019 \u2013 and yet in their title season he\u2019s sent to Marseille with no recall clause which is total disrespect,\u201d Durham continued.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that Ethan Nwaneri\u2019s loan spell in France has not gone to plan with him yet to complete a full 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Max Dowman needs to take a look at these things and realise that he\u2019s just another tick in Mikel Arteta\u2019s box.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about Arteta, it\u2019s not about Dowman and if he stays there, Arteta will keep signing right wingers for money until Max Dowman realises Arteta is just not that into him. That\u2019s the reality of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>Adrian Durham<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>He then claimed that both Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke are ahead of the teenager on the right-hand side before insisting that he should seek out a move to one of Spain\u2019s top sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMax Dowman, don\u2019t follow their path. Forget who your family supports, that\u2019s irrelevant now. Think about your career, go find a stage your talents deserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarcelona, Real Madrid, wherever it is. Go find a coach who will get the very best of you and bring you success in your career. You deserve better than Arsenal,\u201d Durham concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At A Glance: Max Dowman recently became the youngest-ever goalscorer in Premier League history. At 16, the teenager is one for the future. A footballing presenter, however, has told the Arsenal star to leave the club. Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal are looking to end their silverware drought by the time of end of 2025\/26 campaign \u2013 [&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-715","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\/715","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=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/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=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}