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'Our friendship is special' - Ethan Nwaneri opens up on 'opposite' relationship with Arsenal team-mate Myles Lewis-Skelly

<p>Both players have risen through the Arsenal academy ranks together and made a memorable impact during the 2024–25 season. Mikel Arteta handed them their first start together in a League Cup match against Bolton Wanderers and Lewis-Skelly played a key role in the build-up to Nwaneri’s debut goal for the Gunners, further highlighting the chemistry they have on the pitch; a partnership developed through years spent side by side at <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/mikel-arteta-stopped-ethan-nwaneri-slouching-arsenal-manager-intense/blta4db94cdd9ce7167" target="_blank">Arsenal’s Hale End academy.</a></p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>The dynamic duo committed to their first professional contracts during the 2023–24 season. However, those deals are set to expire after the 2025-26 season. Nonetheless, Arsenal fans can expect to see more fireworks from both Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly beyond the next campaign as the club are actively engaged in discussions with the two players, hoping to tie down their long-term futures at the Emirates.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>“My relationship and friendship with Myles is so important,” Nwaneri told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6413074/2025/06/10/ethan-nwaneri-interview-what-intense-arteta-taught-him-at-arsenal-and-his-highlight-of-2024-25/" target="_blank"><em>The Athletic</em></a>. “We’re so similar but so opposite at the same time. We think the same way, but the way that we might portray it to other people, he might seem more open and I might seem more closed off. Our friendship is special.”</p>

WHAT LEWIS-SKELLY SAID

<p>Though just 18, Nwaneri is already making waves on the international scene. He enters this summer as the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/future-superstars-to-watch-2025-under-21-european-championship/blt320208f7bdbe14fd" target="_blank">youngest member of England’s Under-21 squad</a>, a fact made more impressive considering he is 18 months younger than the next-youngest player in the setup. He will look to build on that experience as the Young Lions kick off their Under-21 European Championship campaign against Czechia in their opening group fixture on Thursday before clashing with Slovenia and Germany in what promises to be a tough test for Lee Carsley’s side.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR NWANERI?

'Our friendship is special' - Ethan Nwaneri opens up on 'opposite' relationship with Arsenal team-mate Myles Lewis-Skelly | Goal.com

Ethan Nwaneri has opened up on his &quot;special friendship&quot; with Arsenal team-mate Myles Lewis-Skelly.