{"id":739,"date":"2026-03-15T14:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=739"},"modified":"2026-03-15T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:26:57","slug":"the-night-max-dowman-graduated-with-arsenal-and-put-england-at-his-feet-at-the-age-of-16-i-had-a-hunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"The night Max Dowman graduated with Arsenal and put England at his feet at the age of 16: \u201cI had a hunch\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The afternoon-night that was experienced yesterday in the Emirates <\/strong>is one of those that, at the end of the season, will end up remembering if the Arsenal <\/strong>ends up becoming champion of the Premier <\/strong>more than 20 years later. A lot will have to do with the performance of a Max Dowman (Chelmsford, Inglaterra, 2009)<\/strong> who contributed his ‘grain’ of sand by fully entering the history books of English football at the age of 16 years, two months and eleven days. Pure Hale End.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The scene with just over a quarter of an hour left in the match was dramatic. The ideas did not flow and the Everton <\/strong>He was getting a draw that turned the Premier League upside down. That’s when Mikel Arteta<\/strong> He looked at the band and called up a Max Dowman<\/strong> who had reappeared last week with the first team in FA Cup<\/strong> before him Mansfield<\/strong> after an ankle injury slowed his promotion at the beginning of December, when he was not yet 16 years old.<\/p>\n

“I probably had a hunch. Yesterday he was training and in my head I thought it was a good time for him,” he said after the game. Mikel Arteta<\/strong> “He doesn’t seem to be fazed by the occasion, the moment, the context or the opponent. He just plays very naturally. He makes decisions to make things happen and what he offered was incredible.”<\/p>\n

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I probably had a hunch. Yesterday he was training and in my head I thought it was a good time for him<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To tell the truth, he is still a player who is more than green… you can still see what he has to do. Above all, on the physical level. Now, it is undeniable that things happen every time the ball passes through his feet: he distributed two key passes, completed 2\/4 dribbles, forced two fouls and won 4\/8 duels. They couldn’t stop him and, with the game about to enter injury time, he raised his head in the corner of the area and served a ball to the far post that, after the ‘chanta’ of Pickford<\/strong>, Emphasis <\/strong>picked up to serve the goal on a plate to Rooted<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Max Dowman’s actions against Everton<\/span>OPTA THE ANALYST<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“When you see him play, you don’t think he’s 16 years old. You don’t think so when he has the ball with the serenity and confidence with which he plays. He’s been progressing. He suffered an injury and was out for a while, so I didn’t see him for a few months, but now he’s back and continues playing with the same confidence he had before. He makes a lot of right decisions when he enters the field. He’s an incredible and very good player,” explained the ’14’ player. Arsenal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The goal had been the work of the Swede, but all eyes were pointing towards a Max Dowman<\/strong> that, with the Everton <\/strong>Launched into the attack in search of a tie, he sealed the match with a flag goal. He collected a second play in his own field, leaving two ‘toffees’ players on the ground… and stood alone in front of the goal to score at will. Exploded the Emirates <\/strong>celebrating his ‘wonderkid’s first goal.<\/p>\n

After several months in first team dynamics for a year now, the regulations of the Premier <\/strong>He delayed his debut with Arsenal until the start of this season, where he became the youngest debutant in the Champions League, surpassing the record of Youssoufa Moukoko<\/strong> in 2020.<\/p>\n

Now, what no one can take away from him – until further notice – is the fact that he has become the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Premier<\/strong>\u2026having ousted a James Vaughan<\/strong> who had held the record since April 2005, when he participated in the rout of his own Everton <\/strong>against Bolton at 16 years, eight months and 27 days.<\/p>\n

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Come in, do your thing and win the game for us. These are the moments of the season when something special has to happen<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Come in, do your thing and win the game for us. These are the moments of the season when something special has to happen. He knows he has the ability and, when given the opportunity, he will take advantage of it,” he confessed. Mikel Arteta<\/strong> after the crash when they asked him what he had said to Dowman <\/strong>before jumping onto the field.<\/p>\n

He just turned 16… but he already has England <\/strong>at his feet. \u201cThere is an arrogance in this boy that I have not seen in many footballers,\u201d he noted. Jamie Redknapp.<\/strong> \u201cEvery time I see him play he does something that leaves me breathless,\u201d he said. Joe Cole.<\/strong> \u201cHe lives up to the expectations that surround him,\u201d he acknowledged. Joleon Lescott.<\/strong> He is exceptionally talented and will play a very important role in the future of the Arsenal <\/strong>and the Selection<\/strong>“, he confessed John Terry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is one thing to raise a talent and another very different thing to raise a person with this personality and charisma to play a game of this relevance in the way he has done,\u201d he said. Arteta<\/strong>. Although it sounds clich\u00e9, the easy thing is not to get there… but to stay. Let them tell it to Lewis-Skelly<\/strong> o Nwaneri<\/strong>. But, as it continues to simmer, Max Dowman<\/strong> He will always remember this afternoon as his graduation night with a Arsenal <\/strong>that is one ‘little step’ closer to winning the Premier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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