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<\/div>\nManchester United\u2019s interest in Arsenal teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly is heating up as the 2026 summer window approaches. According to the Daily Mail\u2019s Nathan Salt, intermediaries have already put the 19-year-old\u2019s name on the table at Old Trafford. Salt put it simply that Lewis-Skelly is in a dilemma and United are taking the possibility seriously.<\/p>\n
Journalist Ben Jacobs added that while Manchester United made an informal enquiry, the player himself is open to looking around for more minutes. However, Jacobs noted that any deal would require United to pay well above market value and convince the player of their project before Arsenal even sit down to talk.<\/p>\n
It is a surprising turn of events, considering Lewis-Skelly turned down Real Madrid and Chelsea just last summer to sign a five-year deal at the Emirates. The recent loss of Chido Obi to United\u2019s academy seems to have shaped Mikel Arteta\u2019s mindset here. Speaking on players leaving, Arteta previously noted that if a player believes their best path lies elsewhere, \u201cthere is not much that you can do.\u201d That sense of pragmatism suggests Arsenal won\u2019t beg him to stay, though club sources insist a sale only happens for an \u201cabsolutely crazy\u201d fee.<\/p>\n
\u201cDepending on what is the reason, they wanted to go somewhere else \u2013 that is it.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo persuade a player to stay, a player has to be willing to be with us and commit to us. I don\u2019t know specifically, (but) both parties will feel very different about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t too involved in that decision. When a player decides that the best pathway is to leave, there is not much that you can do. Very unfortunate.\u201d (Via Mirror<\/a>)<\/p>\n The numbers from FootyStats show why the teenager might be restless. In the 2025\/26 season, he has played just 309 minutes across 14 Premier League games, mostly coming off the bench. He hasn\u2019t started a league game since the turn of the year, with his last appearance being a brief cameo in January\u2019s 0-0 draw with Liverpool.<\/p>\n The narrative that he is already at a make-or-break point feels a bit rushed. He only turned 19 in September. Last season, he played 39 times, but that was largely due to Riccardo Calafiori\u2019s injury crisis rather than a permanent promotion.<\/p>\nIs Lewis-Skelly being wasted at Arsenal, or is patience the right call?<\/h2>\n