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Jack Tanner and George Flood

Why key Arsenal stars missed training before Premier League finale explained

Max Dowman was absent from Arsenal’s open training session on Thursday as the youngest player ever to win a Premier League title switches his focus between football and exams.

Manchester City’s draw away at Bournemouth on Tuesday night confirmed a first Premier League title for Arsenal since 2004 - over five years before Dowman was born - but rather than just celebrating, the teenager has also been occupied with his GCSEs.

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