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How Max Dowman dominated Arsenal's Asia tour at just 15 - and what Mikel Arteta has planned next for 'Kaka clone' who wowed Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard but hasn't even finished his GCSEs yet

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A humid evening in Singapore, and the Arsenal players are going through their final warm-ups before a pre-season clash with Newcastle.

One of the first to take to the pitch is a lean, focused teenager, barely old enough to start his GCSEs who is already attracting curious glances from veterans and coaches alike. Max Dowman, just 15, is a name Arsenal fans had only heard whispers of, shared clips of, but one they will soon come to know well.