Bukayo Saka (7)

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Saka plays like Robben. While Arteta is Robben a livin’.

[Roycck]

I feel he lost that sudden burst of acceleration after his recent hamstring injury.

[VCC]

I feel he lost that sudden burst of acceleration after his recent hamstring injury.

Hasn't had it a couple of seasons its a myth.
Not a RB in the league he can beat for pace

[theHotHead]

I dunno, he skins plenty of players abd don't forget, he still gets double teamed and fouled plenty.

[VCC]

I dunno, he skins plenty of players abd don't forget, he still gets double teamed and fouled plenty.

He gets the ball early plenty of times with only one defender to beat.
He give the secondary defender time to cover.
He don't have the wheels its been like that a couple of years.
Reminds me of Theo who had all the pace but instead of playing like a kid and just passing the ball around a defender using his pace, would clumsily try and beat them.
Like many of today's wingers saka has become a one trick pony shuffle to the inside and shoot a defender who stays on his inside negates that. Only when white plays does the outside ball become dangerous.

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You cant "beat players" when you're playing this disgusting position/progression football played by Spanish managers. Everyone is just a cog in a wheel that helps walk the ball into the goal. What ails Saka, will ail Eze and every other talented player we have.

[Angelito]

You cant "beat players" when you're playing this disgusting position/progression football played by Spanish managers. Everyone is just a cog in a wheel that helps walk the ball into the goal. What ails Saka, will ail Eze and every other talented player we have.

Alonso is already on muddy waters with Real Madrid players and he's a title-winning manager in BuLi with a club not named Bayern.

Barca are also a system's team. But they play open, expansive, fluid football. We are like Enrique's Spain, but with goals. Not a copy, but similar.

[Zenith]

[Ach]

Bukayo Saka, 24, will become the first player in Arsenal's history to earn a weekly wage of £300,000, with the club close to announcing a record-breaking new deal for the England winger that will run until 2031. (Teamtalk)

[theHotHead]

Wasn't Ozil on £350k per week?

Oh for his creativity right now!

[Angelito]

Bukayo Saka has now made 47 assists in the Premier League for Arsenal.

Only four players have made more for the club in Premier League history:

Dennis Bergkamp — 94
Thierry Henry — 74
Cesc Fàbregas — 70
Mesut Özil — 54
Bukayo Saka — 47
Aaron Ramsey — 46
Theo Walcott — 42
Robert Pirès — 41
Robin van Persie — 39
Patrick Vieira — 33

https://x.com/i/status/2004941488711479667

[ag6789]

Nice little cameo, with an assist to top it.
Always dangerous, always a worry for the opposition.

[theHotHead]

Needs to find his shooting boots though, his shooting is wayward at the moment

[Zenith]

Bukayo Saka agrees new five-year Arsenal contract

By David Ornstein

Bukayo Saka has committed his future to Arsenal by agreeing a new and improved five-year deal.

Saka was tied down until June 2027 but talks have been taking place about an extension and fresh terms are now in the process of being finalised.

They will secure the 24-year-old England winger to the Emirates Stadium until the summer of 2031, in what comes as a huge boost to Mikel Arteta’s men.

Saka would be wanted by the biggest clubs in world football if he was gettable, but they knew he was only interested in staying at his boyhood side.

The latest deal will be at a level that recognises his standing as one of the leading players in the Premier League and Europe, while he will also occupy a key role for his country at the 2026 World Cup.

Saka is a product of Arsenal’s Hale End academy, having joined the club at the age of seven. Since making his debut in 2018, he has grown into becoming a crucial figure in Arteta’s attack and a player the club are intent on building around.

The new deal will follow the agreements reached by William Saliba, Gabriel, Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly in recent months.

Saka has been a pivotal figure in Arsenal’s Premier League title challenges in recent seasons. He scored 20 goals and assisted 14 (in all competitions) in 2023-24 as Arsenal finished two points behind Manchester City. In 2022-23, he scored 15 and assisted 11.

Last season Saka made some vital contributions as Arsenal initially kept within reach of leaders Liverpool. A hamstring issue sustained in December, however, added to an extensive list of first-team injuries as Arteta’s side fell away.

This year, he has seven goals in 27 games with Arsenal leading the way at the top of the Premier League alongside a perfect six-from-six record in the Champions League league phase.

Saka has made more than 250 appearances for Arsenal in total, recording 77 goals and 78 assists. He has also become a regular figure for England, earning 48 caps.

‘Arsenal’s best signing of the season’

Analysis by Arsenal reporter Dan Sheldon

This is brilliant news for Arsenal and the club’s fans.

Saka, aged only 24, is only going to keep improving and will now be at Arsenal for what should be considered to be the prime years of his career.

In October, he became the seventh-youngest player to reach 100 Premier League goals and assists combined, highlighting just how important he is to Arteta’s side.

By sorting out Saka’s future before he entered the last year of his original deal, Arsenal have avoided any potential headaches as he would undoubtedly have been of interest to the biggest teams in Europe.

Saka has continually shown he can deliver for Arsenal and England, establishing himself as one of the best players in the Premier League and on the international stage, and you could form an argument that this is the club’s best signing of the season due to how important he is.

It could prove to be an exceptional second half to the season for Saka, with Arsenal favourites to lift the Premier League title, ending a more than two-decade wait, and with England expected to perform well at the World Cup later this year.

And should Arsenal fend off the challenges from Manchester City and Aston Villa, then Saka is going to have played a crucial part in them doing so.

It is difficult to overstate just how important this piece of business is from Arsenal’s perspective.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/625882 ... tract-new/

[ag6789]

Good news. Hope he takes us over the line, finally.