There are some special talents in world football right now and Max Dowman is threatening to be up there with the best.

The 15-year-old became Arsenal’s youngest ever starter during their fourth-round Carabao Cup win over Brighton.

He’s not old enough to have done his GCSEs yet, but the teenager is on a trajectory to take the world by storm.

“He's one of the best young players, if not the best young player in the world at the minute, at 15,” former Arsenal starlet David Bentley told talkSPORT after that victory over Brighton.

Ex-Arsenal star Adrian Clarke added: “He has got explosive speed when traveling with the ball at his feet and he's got beautiful balance.

“Then you look for his decision making. It reminds me of Bukayo Saka’s decision making when he came through.”

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