Thomas Tuchel fires warning to England wonderkids with example of Arsenal starlet

Max Dowman and Rio Ngumoha have already caught the eye with their performances in the Premier League this season but England boss Thomas Tuchel has a word of warning

English wonderkids Max Dowman and Rio Ngumoha have been warned about the dangers of “burn out.” Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel was glowing about the teenage talents as both of them have taken the Premier League by storm this season.

Arsenal starlet Dowman made his senior debut aged 15 years and 234 days while Liverpool whizz kid Ngumoha – who turned 17 on Friday – scored the dramatic late winner at Newcastle on Monday.

Tuchel said the sky is the limit for both of them but also warned about the responsibilities on England and English football to handle them with care, using Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly as the perfect example of how to treat young players.

Tuchel said: “We need to be careful and hopefully everyone does everything with a parental view to protect them, and to not burn them in all this excitement.

“The strength at the moment is that they just do, that they’re living their dreams, that they don’t think so much, and hopefully they can keep this going and we need to make sure that we don’t put the pressure up if at some point comes a moment when it gets a little bit more difficult.