{"id":438755,"date":"2026-01-30T11:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/438755\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:28:09","slug":"max-dowman-arsenal-teenager-signs-pre-contract-meaning-professional-deal-with-gunners-will-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/438755\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Dowman: Arsenal teenager signs pre-contract – meaning professional deal with Gunners will follow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> teenager Max Dowman has committed his future to the Premier League leaders by signing a pre-contract agreement.<\/p>\n

The Gunners say this will lead to the 16-year-old England youth international signing professional terms when he turns 17 on 31 December.<\/p>\n

Dowman, who can play on the wing or as an attacking midfielder, had emerged as one of the most sought-after young players in European football but will be staying in north London.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been at the club my whole life, so this really means a lot,” said Dowman, who joined the Arsenal<\/a> academy when he was eight.<\/p>\n

“There’s such a clear pathway here, players who have come through our academy, like Bukayo Saka, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri, who all really inspire me.<\/p>\n

“It’s amazing to have role models so close that have experienced the same thing that I have.”<\/p>\n

At 15 years and 234 days, Dowman became the second-youngest player to represent the Gunners<\/a> and the second-youngest to play in the Premier League – with team-mate Nwaneri, currently on loan at Marseille, holding both records.<\/p>\n

In November, he became the youngest player to feature in a Champions League game when he made a substitute appearance in the 3-0 win at Slavia Prague.<\/p>\n

Dowman has made five senior appearances this season but has spent a period out with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal teenager Max Dowman has committed his future to the Premier League leaders by signing a pre-contract agreement.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-438755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}