Breaking into the Arsenal archetypal squad volition beryllium a pugnacious task for Dowman particularly erstwhile the Premier League champions are successful specified good form.
Arsenal person won each 7 games this season, crossed 4 competitions.
Dowman was an unused substitute successful 4 of those games, and not progressive for the different two, earlier playing each 90 minutes against Ipswich Town.
The Gunners person played the aforesaid attackers successful each league crippled truthful acold - Bukayo Saka, Christos Tzolis, Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz.
But Dowman, particularly considering Arteta turned to him successful cardinal moments successful past season's rubric race, volition anticipation to summation much of a supporting role.
"He's an unbelievable talent," team-mate Mikel Merino told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"He volition beryllium a prima successful the aboriginal if helium keeps his eyes and ears unfastened and keeps learning.
"He's conscionable 16 truthful helium needs a batch of coaching, particularly tactically. But I can't instrumentality thing distant from him. He's ever keen to learn. We'll support helping him."
Quite perchance the champion 16-year-old successful the world, it is not unthinkable that helium could gain his mode into England's Euro 2028 thinking.
In information determination was adjacent a statement astir whether helium should beryllium going to the World Cup earlier this year.
"He is simply a existent superstar," said erstwhile England defender Conor Coady connected Sky Sports.
"A 16-year-old lad should not beryllium doing this. He has got nary amended manager than Arteta to look aft him. You privation him to beryllium looked aft properly. If helium plays each crippled astatine this age, helium won't beryllium scoring goals similar this."
And it comes connected the time it emerged highly rated 15-year-old striker JJ Gabriel is connected the verge of leaving Manchester United.
Gabriel had been expected to marque his debut successful Wednesday's Carabao Cup necktie with Brighton.
That volition astir apt contradict him the accidental to interruption up the stat that the 3 youngest players to people successful the League Cup for a Premier League broadside each did truthful for Arsenal.
They are Cesc Fabregas (16y 212d v Wolves, 2003), Dowman (16y 258d v Ipswich) and Jack Wilshere (16y 266d v Sheffield United, 2008).
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