For me personally, Bukayo Saka is a generational talent, since coming up through the ranks of the Arsenal Academy and now a huge part of the Arsenal first team, he looks like the type of player who was born to play for Arsenal, and I personally don’t think he gets the credit he deserves. I know it’s a rather big shout and I might have red and white tinted glasses on here but for me Saka is one of the best, if not the best, right winger in the Premier League at the moment.
Honestly other than maybe Mohamed Salah, I can’t think of any right winger that can do what Saka can do – and at his age! At only 22-years-old he’s quickly become a danger to any side and with Mikel Arteta and the club fully behind him, believing in him, he looks to have all the confidence in the world, and at such a young age, he’s got so much potential. Coming up through the academy and breaking into the first team is never easy at any club and Arsenal is no different, but Saka was different, and I think from the moment he played first team football, everyone knew he was destined for greatness.
This season alone he has been our stand-out player and with the new additions to the squad in the summer (Rice, Havertz, Trossard, Jorginho) I think he looks even better than last season. Having made his debut in The Champions League after the club had been away from the competition for so long and managed to pick up a goal and an assist in his debut against PSV and has continued to look good in the competition, having already scored 3 goals and 4 assists in just the group stages.
Saka currently has 8 goals and 10 assists (all competitions) and he looks set to continue this good form. Although last season he was impressive, he has this sense about him this season that he seems a lot more confident and has become such a vital part of this squad and without him we look a bit lost. Having picked up a few knocks this season, he has left us a bit worried at times, because without him there’s a big gaping hole down the right wing, but as the season’s gone on, he looks a lot stronger and Arsenal fans will be praying it stays that way.
I know he has some tough competition, but for me there’s no right winger with the abilities and that much potential in the League and if he continues to work hard and listen to Arteta’s instructions, I can see him having a very long and brilliant career at The Arsenal.
What’s your thoughts Gooners? Is Saka the best RW in the Premier League at the moment?
Daisy Mae
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He may be the best if only considering his attacking results but after adding in his strong defensive efforts, for me he is definitely the best overall.
Maybe he is, because he has plenty of experience in five positions despite his young age and he is always fit
Pound for pound one would say Sala just now but not for very long the Arsenal youngster is expected take up that rein shortly
Typical hype by this writer, whose name, if mentioned by me would get me banned. Yes really!
No sensible fan doubts that SAKA IS A GIFTED AND GREAT TALENT.
BUT SURELY IT IS PLAIN TO ALL REALISTS who are not given to hype and exaggeration, that our most effective player this season is not SAKA AT ALL, BUT RICE. And by a country mile too.
I would put Saliba next in overall effectiveness with SAKA a distant third.
Though, as ever, I acknowledge that it is THE TEAM, AS A WHOLE, which is the REAL star!
And yet again you criticize.
By the way, the question in THE TITLE and at THE END was; Is Saka the best RW in the Premier League ?
What that has to do with Rice and Saliba only you know, but you simply take EVERY opportunity to criticize, which you hotly deny.
Yet again STOP picking on every grammar error (according to you) by readers and writers. It is tediously boring and disrespectful….
Mo Salah is still the benchmark for which Saka is yet to reach but he is on right trajectory to hopefully reach those heights within the next
1-2 seasons. Same applies to Martinelli in comparison with Mane or even dare I say Son. Can both our amazing young wingers break the 20 pl goals barrier? We will soon find out🤞🏽
Salah may be the benchmark, but remember he doesn’t really defend (as per Klopp’s orders), whereas as Saka and especially Martinelli have to put in a lot of defensive work for the team.
Given that, Saka will never beat Salah goal wise, but he does give the team more overall, and he still manages a high goal contribution.
Absolutely spot on Jen.
He’s good, very, very good but not the best, I think Salah is the benchmark.
In as much as Bukayo Saka could be the best young right winger in the Premier League so far in the league campaign. And arguably last season and so far this season.
But as he plays against the Liverpool’s exponent right winger player Mohammed Salah. On Sunday. In the Epl big game match encounter at Anfield between the Reds and the Gunners.
Let Saka comes top in the match for Arsenal and show case his attacking prowess at the right wing for Arsenal in the match. And score in it for Arsenal. And also provide some assists and pre-assists for his team mates to score in the match as well for Arsenal.
Which if he does in the match, it can lead up to Arsenal beating Liverpool in the big game match encounter of the half of the 2023-2024 season campaign.
I wouldn’t describe Salah as a winger, more a wide attacker. I’d describe Saka as a goalscoring winger. I know they play in similar starting positions but Salah comes inside much more, very comfortable going down the centre. I think Saka has been the best winger for a while now. There was a brief interlude when Kulusevski first arrived at Spurs where I thought he outplayed Saka. But Saka kept getting better and Kulusevski’s play dropped a bit. Kulusevski is improving again at the moment so it might be an interesting competition going forward if the Spurs player doesn’t end up playing as a 10.