Great player. He's added end product to his game. He's one of the best wingers in the league.
Bukayo Saka
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He's extremely good.
He’s some player.
He's okay. Calm down.
Its a lot stranger for a starting Real Madrid defender or the most sought after right winger in the world choosing to come here than it is for an Arsenal player to make the move and both those happened last summer
Sancho and Rashford are okay. Saka is a proper baller.
Probably to some "Just another overrated English player".
Let them keep coming
Let them keep coming
Sancho is a much better player than Saka. Rashford was too, up until this version of him.
There's a reason why he starts for England and these 2 are on the bench.
No reason at all.
Saka has better all-round game than neither of those two. Rashford is erratic and sloppy in possession, whereas Saka is quite intelligent on the pitch and a better passer. Sancho can be a bit too soft and disappear in games. Saka is very good at doing the simple things well. More mature than the other two, who are older too.
He’s massively stepped up a level this season. He’s always been a very smart and creative player, meaning he does all of the basics (ball retention, forward passing, defending) to a high degree, but he’s now worked out how to consistently dominate his left back and get into goalscoring positions in every game. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s a 20 goals a season player in a year or two.
I agree with this to an extent, but he hasn't reached a level yet that the other two have previously. He is younger though, I know.
Fantastic player, would love him here but no chance
Adding to that are his determination and workrate. He's not soft either. Really like that from a player.
That's probably because you haven't been watching.
He doesn't mind getting stuck in, which is a nice change from your typical classy wingman.
Yeh. I was actually impressed with his last Euro performance. He's in good place to grow at Arsenal. At least for now. Until we hire Ten Hag.
He's a top player in the making and versatile. There cannot be many better left footed wingers able to play on the right than Saka.
well @Remember the geese says that Sancho is "much better," so you obviously don't need him
I do think that Sancho is a better player, but I'd still take Saka for our right hand side. Sancho is better on the left.
We should sign him once his contract expires or buy him.
The money we would ask would be off the charts. Were certainly going over the 100m barrier that City paid for Grealish. No point assuming Arteta and Edu are stupid and thinking he could be bought for less.
Look at the profile and standing he has for Arsenal and England. He is only 20, not even 21.
Were notgoing to spend 50m on Ben White and turn around and sell Saka for something similar. So yeah, 100m is the baseline
Look at the profile and standing he has for Arsenal and England. He is only 20, not even 21.
Were notgoing to spend 50m on Ben White and turn around and sell Saka for something similar. So yeah, 100m is the baseline
He has stepped up another level this season, with his contract finishes in 2024…I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up at City, he’d be a perfect replacement for Mahrez who has just turned 31.
Been a really big fan of his for a while. 10 years a go I think we would have got him. Will go to City or stay at Arsenal now IMO.
He can play literally everywhere too which is a massive bonus.
He can play literally everywhere too which is a massive bonus.
He'll cost over 100m. Better player than Grealish.
He has only 2 years left on his contract. If he doesn't extend he will be available for around 60mil in summer 2023.
Think it says a lot about the character of such a young guy that he's had such a great season after the unfortunate penalty miss for England in the summer
I don't see him leaving this summer as he is at a great place to develop.
We might lose him eventually but I'm very confident that he will extend his deal fairly soon and stay for at least another few years. He isn't Sterling, who was already somewhat of a mercenary when he got to Liverpool. He has been in the academy since he was very young, he and his family are lifelong Arsenal fans, he has an excellent relationship with Arteta, he is close with many of the other players in the first team, and he doesn't make a lot of money right now so he has a lot of incentive to sign a new deal that will lock in a salary > 100k per week for a while.
If the Arteta project fizzles out in a few years then maybe he gets frustrated and begins to look elsewhere but I can't imagine him jumping ship in the middle of the current project. He'll sign a new deal, probably this summer, for like 150k per week until 2026 or 2027.
If the Arteta project fizzles out in a few years then maybe he gets frustrated and begins to look elsewhere but I can't imagine him jumping ship in the middle of the current project. He'll sign a new deal, probably this summer, for like 150k per week until 2026 or 2027.
He's a boyhood Arsenal fan. There's no reason why he would leave, unless Newcastle or City come in and give him a massive payday (on and off-book).
He'd be a fine addition but he'll he at Areabql for a good while yet especially with them getting CL footy.
Sancho is better but Saka can play on the right and Sancho on the left so it's not an issue. There's no chance he's leaving though. Also, given Sancho looks set to own the LW spot ideally we should look for someone more explosive, direct and a goal threat on the right to compliment that which Sako isn't. Greenwood possibly was (although he had everything to be a world class striker) but he's obviously done here.
If Sancho is definitely better then he might want to start showing it, it's just not that clear cut.
Saka has a head start in the EPL, but Sancho is a year and a half older and has had an extra season and a half of top flight experience under his belt. Either way it's small margins.
Also Saka has proven to be a goal threat this season.
It will be interesting to watch them develop as both teams have pinned so much hope on them.
Excellent player who I quite like but he absolutely isn't coming here over staying at Arsenal if they (most likely) finish above us and face our biggest window and season coming up for a long time.
The narrative for Sancho arriving this season was less significant given Ronaldo and Varane who were seemingly supposed to change the trajectory of finishing second to challenging.
Transition is hard from Germany to England alone not considering a team that is massively underperforming. There's more pressure for Sancho given the size of United but probably more expectation from Saka given he's Arsenal's most influential player.
Sancho in a few months could look a completely different player depending on the dynamic of the next United manager. In no way is there similarities to their circumstances. It's too early for comparisons.
Please don't make it another who's talent/ceiling/potential is higher thread. I am sure it is Sancho checking the FIFA game data.
If we get CL, expect Arsenal to give him the mega bucks he deserves. Doubt anyone will pay him more than what Arsenal will be paying. And that combined with the fact that he's a youth player should be enough for him to sign. If we remain trophy less in around 5 years time(when he'll only be 25!!) then I expect him to move for 100m odd.
He'll start showing it. Started adapting already and been very good of late.
What is FIFA game data?
Is/was there really more pressure for Sancho to come in and hit the ground running - when United also had Ronaldo, Fernandes, Pogba, Rashford, plus Greenwood and Martial, on the team when he came across?
Arsenal had PEA, Laca and Pepe as established senior attacking players.
Of those three, PEA was ousted and Pepe hasn't lived up to the price. Because of that Saka has been one of the few players that has carried our team's attacking threat this season. We don't have the options that United do.
IMO you've got it the wrong way around - realistically the expectation is on Sancho to justify the price tag. But the immediate pressure has been Saka to carry this team and be our best player (alongside Odegaard), simply because he has to.
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