The weekend, without football, was too long for Arsenal fans, eliminated from the FA Cup by Manchester United.
The ‘Gunners’ fans, at least, found an illusion to cling: Max Robert Dowman (Chelmsford, 12-31-2009). This ‘miniclon’ of Odegaard, only 15 years old, could not avoid the elimination of his team, in the extension, in the FA Cup sub 18 (also) against Manchester United (2-3).
However, he drove the ‘Red Devils’ crazy with an inexhaustible recital of dribbles, including the 70-meter length that resulted in the 2-1 momentary penalty that he himself transformed. Until the official account of the English Cup, she fell to her charms. “Max Dowman. Remember the name. 15 years,” he tweeted.
Fame, in any case, precedes you. On September 19, 2024, in the defeat in front of La Atalanta (4-1), with 14 years, eight months and 19 days, he became the youngest scorer in the history of UEFA Youth League.
It is not your only record of precocity. In 2023, with 13 years, he debuted with the Sub 18 team and in December 2024, a few days before completing the 15, Dowman, who is already Sub 17 international with England, premiered with the subsidiary in the reservation league.
“It is always worrying to align such a young player in these games, but if you are good enough, you are already older. It could be more constant, but he is only 14 years
It is always worrying to align such a young player in these games, but if you are good enough, you are already older
Jack Wilshere
“It reminds me of Kaká”
So good is this left -handed midfielder, 1.73 meters high, which already trains sporadically under the orders of Mikel Arteta. In fact, he traveled with the first team to Dubai in the previous FA Cup.
“The rules about age and restrictions are clear at this time and it is very difficult to change them too,” Arteta laments. And the Premier does not allow players to have participated with the U15 team – Dowman’s Cassword – in the same season.
Even so, the Arsenal coach surrenders to his next ‘Cañoncito’: “He has a huge talent. Some of the things he does are training are incredible. We have a lot of faith in which he can develop and become one more. Every time we put it to the test he takes great steps.”
It has huge talent. Some of the things you do are incredible
Mikel Arteta
His blonde hair, his demarcation and his left -handed leg evoke Odegaard, but Gustavo Oliveira, coach of the inferiors of Arsenal, establishes another parallel: “It reminds me of Kaká. One day he will play in the Premier and with the English team.”