Jamie Carragher Questions Arsenal's Decision on Myles Lewis-Skelly

Jamie Carragher has taken aim at Arsenal’s thinking over Myles Lewis-Skelly, questioning why the club would even contemplate letting one of their standout Hale End products leave – and to Manchester United of all places.

Speaking on The Overlap Fan Debate, Carragher admitted he was baffled by how the situation has unfolded, suggesting this was driven more by Arsenal than by the player.

“That’s the thing that was a little bit strange about it,” he said. “It felt almost like Arsenal offered Manchester United Myles Lewis-Skelly. It wasn’t Myles Lewis-Skelly saying, I want to leave, or his people putting something out. That’s where the shock came from, not so much the players’ side of it.”

For Carragher, the idea of cashing in on a 20-year-old already proven on the biggest stages borders on reckless. He pointed straight to the evidence: Lewis-Skelly’s standout displays in the Champions League.

“I still can’t believe it,” he continued. “Obviously, last season wasn’t great for him for the whole season, but when a young player has already put in performances like I’ve seen him put in at the Bernabeu – maybe over a year or 18 months ago, at left-back, he was running the game at the Bernabeu – and then his performance in the final in central midfield against Paris Saint-Germain. You can’t play at that level unless you’re pretty special at that age.”

Those nights, in Carragher’s eyes, are not flukes. They are markers of a ceiling that Arsenal should be building around, not trading away. One difficult campaign, he argued, is simply part of the natural curve.

“All young players have ups and downs. Last season he didn’t play as much as he probably would have liked. But his ceiling is so high for the performances he’s already put in as a 20-year-old kid. I couldn’t believe that Arsenal would even think about letting him go. It does feel like a strange one.”

If Arsenal do decide to move him on, and especially if they strengthen a direct rival in the process, this is the kind of call that will be revisited for years – every time Lewis-Skelly steps onto a big stage and runs it.