Manchester United are said to have added Arsenal left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly to their summer transfer wish-list
10:02, 27 Mar 2026
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Myles Lewis-Skelly has had to settle for a place on Arsneal's bench for most of the season
Ian Wright has raised his frustration that Myles Lewis-Skelly did not get the chance to feature in Arsenal's Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City.
The left-back was an unused substitute at Wembley as he remains behind Piero Hincapie and Riccardo Calafiori in the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium.
However, Wright has hailed the full-back's quality on the ball and feels 'MLS' could have made a real difference for the Gunners.
He said on The Overlap: "I’ve mentioned Myles Lewis-Skelly when he played against Real Madrid last time, had an unbelievable game.
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"Then he’s kind of been dropped back out of it, and I’m thinking in that game, on Sunday, a left-back who can invert what we need is somebody comfortable on the ball.
"That’s the game he should be playing in, because then he’s somebody who can get on the ball, and at least we can link."
Manchester United are the latest club to be linked with a transfer for Lewis-Skelly.
The England international looks set to miss out on the World Cup because of his lack of minutes and a big decision over his future is pending at the end of the season.
Ian Wright was demanding an Arsenal substitution in the second half of the Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City
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Ian Wright wants to see Myles Lewis-Skelly play more regularly for Arsenal(Image: (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images))
Wright continued: "There’s no way, Myles Lewis-Skelly, the way he started his career, he hasn’t got the capability to go on and do, I’m not saying he’s gonna do exactly what [Nico] O’Reilly’s done, but the confidence it gives him in playing is going be a lot probably more confident than he is right now.
"He can’t get into the team at the moment, whether it’s behind Hincapie or if it’s behind Calafiori. This guy is a footballer. We needed a footballer on Sunday, and those are the things that I’m sitting there watching us do, watching us do nothing.
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"I’m thinking to myself, if the Arsenal fans saw someone like him come on and do a couple of things, everybody, it gets us going, it gets people going again. That’s a disappointment for me."
Lewis-Skelly signed a new five-year contract last June but he's only made 14 Premier League appearances so far this season.
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