According to Arsenal great Kevin Campbell, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice should never consider leaving Arsenal and should instead retire from the club.
It cannot be argued that Saka and Rice are two of Arsenal’s most essential players, whom every Gunner admires for their contributions to the club’s continued success.
Saka has shined since his debut, claiming the right wing as his own and giving fullbacks a run for their money week in and week out. While Saka has been at the Emirates for years, Rice arrived last summer for a fee of £105 million and hasn’t stopped proving he was a wise investment. He has altered the dynamics of Arsenal’s midfield, and his influence on the team is felt.
Campbell believes Arsenal should not let go of the two and should remain with them since it is simple to keep homegrown players.
Campbell had this to say about Saka and Odegaard on the Highbury Squad: “If we’re serious, both of them should be retiring at Arsenal.
“A lot of these players we have now, we may lose at some stage because they’re foreign or whatever; I get it.
“But the mainstays who are British, they should be only playing for one team, and that’s Arsenal from here on out, 100%.”
If Arteta had envisioned a dream team when he took over, I believe Saka and Rice would have been on it. Arsenal should remain ambitious, competitive, and win trophies. With that, keeping their top players will be easy and hopefully many of them will end up as being called legends like Ian Wright and Thierry Henry…
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I love them both and hope they stay as long as possible
Rice could play CDM for more than ten years as Busquets did, because the position doesn’t require high stamina to press high up the pitch. Therefore, he’d likely stay for a long time at Arsenal
On the other hand, Saka should gradually move to an AM position six years later, where he doesn’t need to track back and just need to focus on creativity/ finishing
Messi did it after he lost his pace and stamina as he became older. If Saka can’t adapt into a central playmaker role, I’m afraid he will be forced to leave
We’re so lucky to have two such super players in Saka and Rice, and I love that Rice sits in front of two top CBs we look really tough to beat strong from front to back 😍
Saka once said he help convince the former West Ham man to choose Arsenal over the Citizens, he said the gunners would improve if he joined instead of Man city..
Rice has adapted well to his new surrounding, and has been nothing short of sensational, to the extent one Arsenal legend we have underpaid for his service.
The two will become legend, but first they must start by lifting a big jug and remain in the top four by the end of the current campaign.
Arsenal isn’t only about Saka and Declan Rice arsenal have a squad of 25 players and all are important each playing different roles assigned by the coach yes both are wonderful players just like the rest of the squad.
Yes Naftali, but what he is saying is that the local players are more likely to stay than our imports…
Correct Admin Pat that’s something that i didn’t get thanks for the correction maybe arsenal should also try to sign Guehi and Watkins to add to the ever improving number of English players in the arsenal team.
I think both of either would be terrific additions. Watkins is a boyhood Arsenal fan as well and gives you all the work rate that Jesus does but trades some of the flair for goals. Guehi is just a classy defender. Him and Saliba would be fab.
It’s true everyone in the club is important i really like your comment.
One club players are rarer than correct VAR decisions these days. Obviously that would only apply to Saka but of our current crop of players, him and Rice are the only ones I can see staying for 5+ years. I think Ramsdale would but that decision may not be his to make.
Dennis Bergkamp moved to Arsenal, played there for 12 years, changed the team and league, scored ridiculous goals, made teammates for life, was an Invincible at 35 years old, super professional, steady family man, no drama, no bad habits, Gunner thru and thru, Wenger’s biggest supporter and still make people type his name in YouTube. And he is not British. It shows the everlasting club culture that melts everyone. If Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka are half the men Bergkamp was, then I’m thrilled.