Wayne Rooney praised Max Dowman’s “aura and belief” after the 16-year-old became the Premier League’s youngest ever goalscorer on Saturday night.
Rooney, who infamously scored towards Arsenal for Everton aged 16, a strike that noticed him as soon as maintain the title of youngest goalscorer, mentioned Dowman “has a lot of ability” but in addition warned that the Arsenal teenager may need to concentrate on his faculty over the approaching weeks.
“He has got his GCSEs, and his education, I’m sure for him and his family, is important as well,” Rooney mentioned on The Wayne Rooney Show.
“What a chance for him to be across the squad. He could possibly be a Premier League winner when he is nonetheless ending faculty off.
“He’s received an aura and a perception about him and it was the identical towards Everton. If it is training first, I do not assume we’ll see a lot of him over the following few weeks.
“He won’t be in as much as he’d probably like, but then you’ve got many years ahead of you.”
Looking again on his personal volley towards Arsenal from 2002, the previous Everton and Manchester United striker believes the eye on Dowman can be completely different to what he confronted.
“Now we’re in social media,” Rooney mentioned. “People can be messaging, Instagram or Twitter, no matter he is received. And you will be seeing it in all places.
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“So I do not assume he could have slept many hours [on Saturday night] as a result of I’m positive he could have been up watching it. “It’s different now, a different age when I was coming through. There was no social media at that time.
“So it was all in regards to the newspapers and whether or not you appreciated it or not — entrance web page and again web page. I believe the scrutiny’s not on you as a lot possibly nowadays.”
“He appears, from the video games I’ve watched, to not let that stress have an effect on him as a result of he will get the ball, he holds on to it, he commits defenders, he goes to take them on, and so he positively seems like he is received a confidence about him.
“Mikel Arteta, some of the senior players in the Arsenal squad, will not let him get ahead of himself. But I think you have to enjoy it as well.”
