Cole 2.0 Targets Elite Crown for Red Devils
Myles Lewis-Skelly: Man United should rescue this Ashley Cole 2. 0 from his Emirates misery A left-back signing is likely to be on the agenda at Manchester United this summer. A positional change for Patrick Dorgu could well inspire it.
Dorgu impressed while filling in at left wing, and with him now likely to feature more frequently in that role, the Red Devils need to recruit another quality left-back. While capable targets such as Federico Dimarco and Julian Ryerson have already been linked with a move to M16, that does not stop Manchester United from looking elsewhere. And if INEOS look around keenly enough, they might just spot a transfer opportunity at Arsenal too good to ignore: Myles Lewis-Skelly .
The teenager enjoyed a brilliant breakout 2024-25 season, impressing in the league, dazzling in the Champions League, and particularly shining in the semi-finals against Real Madrid, whilst also earning a senior England call-up just months after his league debut. Fast forward to 2025-26, however, and he has endured a nightmare campaign. Out of the blue, he now appears to have fallen out of Mikel Arteta’s plans, with the Arsenal boss preferring Ricardo Calafiori and summer signing Piero Hincapie over him.
Strikingly, at times even right-back Jurrien Timber has been deployed at left-back ahead of him, despite the Hale End graduate massively impressing in the role last season. Myles Lewis-Skelly's Arsenal appearances across the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons Many have struggled to understand why Lewis-Skelly finds himself in this situation, though most feel it has little to do with his abilities; he showed last season that he is ready to perform on the grandest of stages. Just like Mainoo Indeed, Lewis-Skelly’s predicament mirrors the one Kobbie Mainoo faced in the first half of this season: clearly a quality player, yet starved of minutes, which inevitably sparked exit talk.
Some reports suggest Mainoo considered leaving, and so if Lewis-Skelly is similarly ambitious, he should harbour the idea that a move elsewhere could help him live up to the Ashley Cole hype that Arsenal’s former under-16 coach, Dan Micciche, placed on him . What has been said about Lewis-Skelly’s situation “The 19-year-old has told Arteta of his major frustrations at a lack of action with the Arsenal manager telling him to be patient,” a report by The Sun claimed. “But his future next season is unclear, and he could be sold or, more likely, loaned.