BBC Sport profiles Myles Lewis-Skelly, the academy graduate who told Ian Wright he 'feels a million dollars' playing for Arsenal.
Myles Lewis-Skelly's pure joy and huge, infectious smile after he won his first north London derby captured the feeling around the 18-year-old's breakthrough season for Arsenal.
"It was everything that lived up to my dreams. I had to take in every moment. I was not afraid of anyone. I want to be the best and you've got to go up against the best.It has been quite the season for Lewis-Skelly, who has played more than was expected after impressing on the pre-season US tour with Mikel Arteta's first-team squad.
Such is the faith shown in him by Arteta - a manager who statistics show does not often play Under-21 players - that he is keeping out summer signing Riccardo Calafiori, as well as Oleksandr Zinchenko and Kieran Tierney, who have both been linked with moves away."He was phenomenal. He is a real personality. He has so much trust in himself. He has that attitude about him," Arteta said after the victory over Tottenham.
Former centre-back Per Mertesacker is Arsenal's academy manager and has known Lewis-Skelly since he was part of the Under-12 team, having first joined the Gunners aged nine.
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