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Arsenal: Ranking young prospects by superstar likelihood

By Andrew Dowdeswell

PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND - MARCH 02: Eddie Nkethia of Arsenal is congratulated by team-mates after he scores a goal to make it 2-0 during the FA Cup Fifth Round match between Portsmouth FC and Arsenal FC at Fratton Park on March 02, 2020 in Portsmouth, England. (Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images)
PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND - MARCH 02: Eddie Nkethia of Arsenal is congratulated by team-mates after he scores a goal to make it 2-0 during the FA Cup Fifth Round match between Portsmouth FC and Arsenal FC at Fratton Park on March 02, 2020 in Portsmouth, England. (Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images) /
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HUDDERSFIELD, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 25: Emile Smith Rowe of Huddersfield Town during the Sky Bet Championship match between Huddersfield Town and Bristol City at John Smith’s Stadium on February 25, 2020 in Huddersfield, England. (Photo by John Early/Getty Images) /

4. Emile Smith Rowe

Sometimes, you can just tell a player might be special. That is very much the case with Emile Smith Rowe, who just seems to have ‘it’, whatever that might be. The midfielder is currently on loan at Huddersfield Town and is shining for the Championship club. In fact, his performances have been so good that his manager, Dan Cowley, said the following:

"“Emile Smith Rowe is just a really lovely player, isn’t he? He looked a top player, didn’t he. He has that ability to find space; he could find space in a telephone box; he speeds the play up for you and draws and commits and I think it would have been a brilliant performance if he had scored. I am always going to be demanding of him because, to me, he is a Premier League player so I have to treat him like that and demand Premier League standards from him – in training and in games, day in and day out. It was a really good performance.”"

What happens upon his return to Arsenal is very much up in the air, but Smith Rowe is built like a modern version of Mesut Ozil. If he inherits the German’s role as the Gunners’ creative hub, he could catapult himself intro true superstar status.

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