{"id":1615,"date":"2026-04-10T22:29:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:29:44","slug":"scholes-makes-extraordinary-claim-over-who-dowman-should-be-picked-over-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1615","title":{"rendered":"Scholes makes extraordinary claim over who Dowman should be picked over for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Paul Scholes insists Thomas Tuchel should take \u201cunbelievable\u201d Arsenal star Max Dowman to the World Cup and made a shock claim over whom he should be selected over.<\/p>\n<p>16-year-old Dowman became the youngest-ever Premier League goalscorer after his <strong>dramatic late runaway goal for the Gunners against Everton<\/strong> in their last Premier League fixture and also became the youngest player ever to appear in a Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: Arsenal 3 Man City 3 in Premier League XI of season so far<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand believes the teenager could be \u201cmassively key\u201d for Mikel Arteta in the title race and Scholes is adamant he should go to the World Cup and reckons Tuchel is \u201cthe type of manager who might take him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GoodBadFootball\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking on <em>The Good, The Bad &#038; The Football<\/em> podcast<\/a><\/strong>Scholes, who earned 66 England caps, said: \u201cHow good is Max Dowman? He\u2019s unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think he should be in the England squad for the World Cup? Look at Spain with Lamine Yamal\u2026 get him in!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve not got a player like Dowman. I think Thomas Tuchel is the type of manager who might take him. Did you see his goals for the England U20s?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel has abundance of quality forward options to choose from with Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke, Anthony Gordon, Jude Bellingham, Marcus Rashford and Morgan Rogers among the star names in contention.<\/p>\n<p>Asked who <strong>Dowman<\/strong> should be picked ahead of, Scholes added: \u201cAnyone, I don\u2019t care. I think he\u2019s brilliant. Spain would do it and Spain are successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would take him all day long, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s an English player with the ability he\u2019s got. He floats past people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1075667273\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rio Ferdinand also believes Tuchel should select Dowman for his England squad this summer.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI think he has to go (to the World Cup). I think he\u2019s special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing the same thing he did through every age group in the Premier League against grown men. He\u2019s been doing the same thing in training against Arsenal players who are top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the players there are going \u2018wow\u2019, even the manager is saying he\u2019s not seen anything like this from a player so young. It\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose talents have to go \u2013 Michael Owen went to the World Cup young and blew up the whole world. You have to give these talents the experience and even if he went there and didn\u2019t play it would be useful for him to get used to the environment and playing at a tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would be hugely valuable; we\u2019ve seen players do that before and benefit from it. I didn\u2019t play a minute at the 1998 World Cup but that experience really helped at the 2002 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to see him go \u2013 it would be so exciting for English football. I would 100% take him \u2013 look at Spain with Lamine Yamal, I\u2019m not comparing them but they saw a special talent and took him and then he blew everyone\u2019s socks off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: Foden or Palmer out of World Cup? 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