Lewis-Skelly signs new five-year Arsenal deal

England defender Myles Lewis-Skelly says he wants to create a "legacy" astatine Arsenal aft signing a caller five-year statement pinch his boyhood club.

Lewis-Skelly collapsed into nan first squad past play and established himself arsenic a regular nether Mikel Arteta, making 39 appearances successful each competitions.

The 18-year-old's erstwhile woody was owed to expire successful 2026.

Arsenal vanished 2nd successful nan Premier League past season, 10 points down Liverpool.

"I want to triumph everything location is to triumph successful nan game," Lewis-Skelly told nan Arsenal website., external

"I want to triumph trophies connected nan biggest stages whilst being a personification that's ever learning and stays grounded, which is truthful important.

"I cognize I've taken a batch of acquisition from nan games astir nan affirmative moments, nan mistakes that I've made. I'm decidedly much fresh now for nan adjacent season. I conscionable want to support learning and support improving."

Lewis-Skelly was shown 2 reddish cards successful nan convention past season, though his sending-off against Wolves was overturned.

Eight days later he scored his first convention extremity during a 5-1 triumph against Manchester City, earlier mimicking Erling Haaland's meditation celebration.

In March Lewis-Skelly became nan youngest subordinate to people connected their England debut, registering successful a 2-0 triumph against Albania astatine Wembley.

He won a 3rd headdress during nan 3-1 conclusion by Senegal this month.

Lewis-Skelly was a cardinal midfielder successful Arsenal's academy but has excelled astatine left-back, pinch licence to measurement into midfield, since making his Premier League debut arsenic a substitute against Manchester City successful September.

"I've embodied nan values of Hale End and travel through," Lewis-Skelly said.

"I've still sewage a batch of years up of me, truthful if I tin support staying humble and being a bully person, that's nan astir important point to me."

He was dribbled past only erstwhile successful nan Premier League, nan champion grounds of immoderate subordinate to person made astatine slightest 15 starts.

He besides won nan astir duels (six) per 90 minutes and classed 3rd for fouls won (3.1).

Lewis-Skelly has a 93.6% walk accuracy, nan 5th highest successful nan section among players who featured for astatine slightest 1,000 minutes past season.

He was shortlisted for nan PFA Young Player of nan Season award.