The Premier League season has started again, after a busy summer of Club World Cup and transfers. But which young players impressed in preseason to suggest they might break through into the first team this year?

Arsenal 's Myles Lewis-Skelly came out of nowhere in 2024-25 to become a fixture in the first team, so who could follow suit and make their case this time around?

Arsenal: Max Dowman , 15, FW/AM

Arsenal's Hale End academy looks to have produced another generational talent in Dowman, with the 15-year-old midfielder already drawing stylistic comparisons to Martin Ødegaard as a right-sided playmaker who drifts infield onto his stronger left foot. A key difference is that Dowman dazzles with his dribbling, take-ons and speed on the ball, while his composure to stand up ag

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