Myles Lewis-Skelly may have made his preference plain, but the conversation around his future has not gone away. The teenager, who has been linked with Premier League interest, says he wants to stay at Arsenal. Yet the club\u2019s own hierarchy have left the door open to a sale if the terms are right.<\/p>\n
Lewis-Skelly was brought back into the side late last season and quickly played a part in a successful finish, as Arsenal claimed their first Premier League title in 22 years and came close to lifting the Champions League for the first time. He has also continued to show why he is viewed so highly. In Sunday\u2019s 3-0 Community Shield win over Manchester City, he started in midfield alongside new arrival Bruno Guimar\u00e3es and provided the pass for Riccardo Calafiori\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n
The Hale End graduate has been at the club since he was 8, and he made his position clear after scoring against Como in pre-season. On Tuesday, he repeated that message on Arsenal\u2019s Live X broadcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cPersonally, I feel ready,\u201d Lewis-Skelly said on Arsenal\u2019s Live X broadcast on Tuesday. \u201cWe\u2019ve got an amazing squad. And I feel like, as a team, there are more things in the air at the moment. We all have the same common goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know what we want from the season, and I feel like everyone’s kind of buying into that again. So yeah, we\u2019re ready, we\u2019re excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
That optimism, however, has been tempered by comments from above. Chief executive Richard Garlick said Arsenal are not actively looking to move on Lewis-Skelly or Ethan Nwaneri, but would examine the right proposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s just a case of looking at what opportunities there are that will help both of those in terms of their career moving forward,\u201d he told BBC Sport\u2019s Dan Roan. \u201cWe are not actively looking at selling those homegrown players, but if the right opportunity came up\u2014right for them and the club\u2014we\u2019d obviously consider that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nwaneri, who was not in the Community Shield squad, has drawn interest from AC Milan, Galatasaray and several Premier League clubs. Reports have suggested Arsenal could entertain bids around $61 million, with the accounting value of a homegrown sale also seen as a factor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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