It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a player break onto the scene like Myles Lewis-Skelly has at Arsenal.
Indeed, within six months, Myles Lewis-Skelly has gone from making his Premier League debut to becoming a fully-fledged England international, starring against the likes of PSG and Real Madrid.
Lewis-Skelly has earned huge praise this season, while Ethan Nwaneri looks like another young star at Arsenal.
Speaking on his podcast, Kyle Walker has been discussing Lewis-Skelly’s rise to prominence after playing with him for England, and, interestingly, Walker made a comparison between Lewis-Skelly and one of his former Tottenham teammates.
Kyle Walker says Myles Lewis-Skelly is like Danny Rose
Walker says that Lewis-Skelly really reminds him of Danny Rose as a player.
The AC Milan ace says the teenager uses his body in a similar way to Rose, while he also has a brilliant left foot and a good footballing brain.
“The game has changed. I think the quality of the players that we’re seeing in this day and age, in the last episode, we were talking about Myles. This is a 17, 18 year old that’s just broke on to the scene at Arsenal and all of a sudden he’s taking the international stage in his stride, which is, could I have done that at his age? Maybe not, maybe not,’ Walker said.
“He is physical. You know, he reminds me of a little bit of a guest that we had on the first season, Danny Rose. Yeah, he reminds me of Danny Rose, how he plays, he uses his body well and he’s got a good left foot and a good football brain.”
Myles Lewis-Skelly aged 18 compared to Danny Rose
The comparison between Lewis-Skelly and Rose is rather apt, both men are left-backs who broke through in north London at a young age.
However, it has to be said that Lewis-Skelly is way ahead of where Rose was at the age of 18.
| Myles Lewis-Skelly at 18 | Danny Rose at 18 | |
| 34 | Games | 0 |
| 1 | Goals | 0 |
| 2 | Assists | 0 |
| 2 | International games | 0 |
| 1 | International goals | 0 |
| 9 | Champions League appearances | 0 |
Rose hadn’t made his professional debut at this age, while Lewis-Skelly is already an England international with Champions League experience at this point.
Danny Rose was fantastic in his prime for Tottenham, and there’s every reason to believe that Lewis-Skelly can reach that level and even go higher than Rose ever did at Spurs.
Arsenal have a real gem on their hands here, and there’s plenty of reason to be excited about what the teenager can do as he grows and matures even further.
