This time a year ago, Myles Lewis-Skelly had not even made his Arsenal debut. It is a measure of his rapid rise that his exclusion from the starting lineup so far this season has become a point of concern.
Thrown into the first team last winter amid an Arsenal defensive injury crisis shorn of several players, Lewis-Skelly seized the opportunity and never looked back. He became Mikel Arteta’s go-to left back, starting 15 Premier League matches from December onwards, and even earned a call-up to the senior team under , scoring 20 minutes into his debut against Albania at Wembley.