ARSENAL defender Myles Lewis-Skelly is moving closer to landing a shock England debut despite having made just eight Premier League starts.
New England boss Thomas Tuchel, preparing for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia, has been impressed by the form of the teenage sensation who has starred at left-back for Mikel Arteta this term.
England are desperately short in that area with both Luke Shaw and Ben Chilwell having suffered numerous injury issues.
Newcastle’s Lewis Hall featured twice for England under interim manager Lee Carsley in November.
While Rico Lewis, Kyle Walker and Levi Colwill have also played at left-back for the Three Lions.
Tottenham’s Djed Spence has also been in decent form for Tottenham at left-back even though he is right-sided.
Yet Tuchel will prefer players featuring in their natural positions and Lewis-Skelly, 18, already looks at home in that left-back spot.
Incredibly, he has yet to feature for the under-21s and only made his under-19s debut in Croatia in September.
Previously, Arsenal team-mate Declan Rice said: “This kid is just special, very special. He can go to the top.
“For an 18-year-old to be that good, that comfortable, that strong, it was like he was built in a lab. I said that to him the other day.
“It’s just ridiculous how good he is, but he has a long way to go.
“He’s so level-headed, he’s got a great family around him.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Thomas Tuchel’s first day at St. George’s Park as he meets England staff and coaches ” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6368989658112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]In Arsenal’s 2-0 win at Leicester on Saturday, Lewis-Skelly delivered a goal-saving intervention with the score at 0-0.
Tuchel meanwhile, is also likely to hand first call-ups to other players.
Ipswich’s in-form striker Liam Delap is another player in the frame.
The former Man City ace has netted 10 times since joining the Tractor Boys last summer.
England face Albania at Wembley on March 21 and then entertain Latvia three days later.