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 | remember playing him for the 18s (above) and he was 13 and we were playing Southampton, a good academy.