{"id":195267,"date":"2025-08-01T07:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/same-sort-of-build-balance-perry-groves-names-arsenal-player-who-is-similar-to-lionel-messi\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T07:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:12:13","slug":"same-sort-of-build-balance-perry-groves-names-arsenal-player-who-is-similar-to-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/same-sort-of-build-balance-perry-groves-names-arsenal-player-who-is-similar-to-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSame sort of build, balance\u201d &#8211; Perry Groves names Arsenal player who is similar to Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4998606\" data-slug-id=\"2603491\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Arsenal<\/a> winger Perry Groves has named Max Dowman from the current team who bears resemblance with Lionel Messi. Dowman, 15, is currently with the Gunners&#8217; pre-season tour of Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Messi, 38, is one of the best in the game&#8217;s history, having scored over 870 goals for club and country. Currently plying his trade with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/inter-miami-cf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Inter Miami<\/a> in MLS, the diminutive Argentine, known for his silken skills on the ball, goalscoring and goal-creating ability, is still going strong,<\/p>\n<p>Coming back to Dowman, the teenager trained with the first team at the age of 14 and was a part of their winter training camp in Dubai in January. Groves said about the Gunners academy product&#8217;s similarity with Messi (as per talkSPORT via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenalinsider.com\/news\/mikel-arteta-told-theres-a-scary-young-player-at-arsenal-right-now-whos-very-similar-to-lionel-messi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Arsenal Insider<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe is a scary talent, and I said before, as Arteta said, he\u2019ll be well nurtured at Arsenal because they\u2019ve got a good reputation of bringing younger players through from Bukayo Saka into Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly. So, they\u2019re nurtured very well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWell, style-wise, very similar to Lionel Messi, only because he\u2019s left-footed, same sort of build, balance. \u2026 I\u2019m not saying he\u2019s going to be as good, because Messi is obviously one of the greatest players.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that the sky is the limit for Dowman:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe only thing that I would say with Max Dowman is that he\u2019s got a good background. The only reason he won\u2019t make the level that he should do with his talent is if he\u2019s unlucky with an injury or injuries, or his attitude isn\u2019t right. And all the reports that I\u2019m hearing about him, he\u2019s a very well-balanced, level-headed young man off the pitch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo, as long as he stays like that and he sees Bukayo Saka, who is a brilliant example, he sees Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri, where you just calm down and you make sure you\u2019re humble off it, then he\u2019s got the, honestly, the world\u2019s his oyster.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Having come up through the ranks at the club, Dowman is expected to make his first-team debut this season.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>How has Lionel Messi fared this season?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Lionel Messi\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Lionel Messi\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/07\/80c5f-17539481652746-1920.jpg?w=640\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Lionel Messi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the best ever to grace a football field, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/lionel-messi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Lionel Messi<\/a> is in the midst of an impressive season with Inter Miami, whom he joined on a free transfer after nearly two decades in European football.<\/p>\n<p>In 30 games across competitions, the record eight-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner has bagged 24 goals and 10 assists. Eighteen of those strikes and seven assists have come in 18 outings in MLS, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/javier-mascherano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Javier Mascherano<\/a>&#8216;s side trail leaders Philadelphia by eight points but have three games in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Messi, though, drew blanks against his former side Paris Saint-Germain in the FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16 as the Herons were knocked out with a 4-0 defeat in their maiden appearance in the competition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-info-parent\">\n<span class=\"about-the-author\">About the author<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-pic-holder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/><rect width=\"100\" height=\"100\" style=\"fill:rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/143269-1714810299-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Bhargav&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-bio-detail-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nBhargav is a veteran sports journalist and editor at Sportskeeda, with a rich professional experience of 17 years, working for the likes of Siemens and Bombay Dyeing. 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