‘This guy is a footballer’: Wright and Carragher think player Man Utd are trying to sign is ‘unbelievable’

Ian Wright singled out Myles Lewis-Skelly for praise after Mikel Arteta opted to leave him on the bench for the Carabao Cup final.The youngster watched on from the sidelines at Wembley as Arsenal slumped to a 2-0 defeat against Manchester City.DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL STRETTY NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES & BREAKING NEWS – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAYWhat did the pundits have to say about Lewis-Skelly’s omission?It comes amid Lewis-Skelly being heavily linked with Manchester United while he navigates an uncertain situation at the Emirates.When analysing the weekend’s affairs in his former club’s clash, Wright told the Stick to Football panel in Thursday’s episode: “Myles Lewis-Skelly, when he played against Real Madrid last season, he had an unbelievable game, and then he’s kind of been dropped back out of it. “And I’m thinking in that game on Sunday (the Carabao Cup final), [having] a left-back who can invert… we needed somebody comfortable on the ball, which we didn’t have. That’s the game he should be playing, because he’s someone who can get on the ball and link [up play].“This guy is a footballer, and we needed a footballer on Sunday.“Jamie Carragher chimed in: “He is a good player. What he did last season was unbelievable – that performance against Real Madrid was like.. he’s going to go on and do special things on the back of that at 18, 19 [years old].”How Lewis-Skelly is faring this termThis season, the full-back has had to grow accustomed to playing a reduced role following a stellar breakout campaign in 2024/2025.By the end of the term, Lewis-Skelly had cemented a starting spot and racked up a hugely valuable 23 Premier League appearances and 1,371 minutes of action in the top flight. Miles Lewis-Skelly has won 83% of his ground duels in the Premier League this season, the best rate of any player to have contested at least 20. Having an impressive breakout campaign. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/x2czCEbasJ — Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) January 15, 2025However, the addition of Piero Hincapie from Bayer Leverkusen and the consistent form of Riccardo Calafiori have meant that the 19-year-old is fighting an uphill battle to reclaim his place.Arteta has given him the nod only once in the league this campaign, while he’s left him on the bench for a whopping 16 games, with Lewis-Skelly’s last outing coming on January 8 against Liverpool. Season Appearances (all competitions) Starts Minutes played 25/26 27 12 1,298 24/25 39 26 2,306 It remains to be seen if the Gunners would be willing to part ways with their academy graduate, who’s been on the books for 11 years in North London.When Sky Sports verified United’s interest in Lewis-Skelly, journalist Danyal Khan reported that Arsenal would have to facilitate player sales if they were to sign their top targets in the window. Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly is another player on #mufc’s list of potential left-backs this summer. Lewis-Skelly signed a five-year deal at Arsenal last summer and but has only started one PL game this season.#afc understood to be needing to sell in summer to make additions to… pic.twitter.com/QRIXbEK1FG — Danyal Khan (@DanyalHKhan) March 26, 2026