TEEN ACE MAX IS SURE TO BE THE WIL DEAL!

JACK WILSHERE has backed Arsenal prodigy Max Dowman to reach the top and claimed he is five years ahead of his time.

- BY JOHN CROSS

Former Arsenal academy coach Wilshere worked with 15-year-old Dowman and remembers bringing the midfielder on during an Under-18s game when he was just 13.

That was the day when Wilshere realised Dowman had what it takes to fulfil his potential.

Wilshere said: "I don't want to be the guy who says, 'He will be this, or that.' But I remember playing him for the 18s (above) and he was 13 and we were playing Southampton, a good academy.