Bukayo Saka could be Arteta’s secret weapon to winning the 2022–23 Premier League title. Why so? As per Kolo Toure, the 21-year-old has special talent and can be compared to Thierry Henry in the Invincibles season or even Michael Jordan, two sporting legends whose teammates would look up to, to come up with some magic when something magical was needed.
Anyway, so what did the ex-Arsenal and Manchester City star say about Saka?
“It’s money time now,” said Toure on Four Four Two. “This is when Michael Jordan makes his money because he’s the one who will make the difference. They give him the ball when the pressure is on. This Arsenal team has Bukayo Saka. This boy has a special talent.”
Other than calling him a special talent, he was asked who of this Arsenal team would break into the Invincibles team. Likening him to Thierry Henry, he wasn’t shy, saying Saka was the only current Arsenal play he believes would have played in the Invincibles team:
“Obviously Saka,” Toure admitted. “Thierry Henry was special. He was always the guy who carried the team, who pushed us. In the dressing room at half-time he would come in and be kicking things, shouting. It was scary, but you could see this was a guy who is willing to do everything to win.
“Saka, he has passion, he has desire, he has technique, he has everything.. When a game is tight and I see one player willing to take the ball under pressure and make the difference, that is what we love. In the coming games, he has to show that age is nothing. It is about the talent.”
I guess the rallying cry for Arsenal players at the moment is who can step up and carry the team. Saka has been revolutionary this season. He has not only improved his numbers in front of goal, but he has continued to give leftbacks bad days at the office. If he and his teammates manage to win the league, there’ll be no stopping him from being seen as one of the best.
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The only player who i think has been carrying arsenal in attack is Gabriel Martineli he has been a shining light throughout when arsenal have been struggling and he is the closest player to those who were in the invincible team, Saka is a good player but is below Martineli that for sure and this is even backed up by stats who provide us with best arsenal attackers this season and i will give you in the correct order.
Martineli
Jesus
Odegaard
Saka
Trossard
Saka is the fourth best arsenal attacking player by now so we also need to be truthful as fans so has not to over hype our own players,Saka need first to beat Martineli who is by now arsenal player of the season before comparing him to players in the invincible season. Personally i will but both Martineli and Saliba ahead of Saka right now, this is my opinion though.
I agree Martinelli would be the one to drag the team if necessary. He is relentless, and even an off game offensively he still puts in defense and tries to create and make things happen.
“Invisible” and “passenger” are 2 words you will never associate with Martinelli. I daresay he is one of the hardest working players and puts 100% effort everything he plays.
Imagine the hype Martinelli would be getting if he was English
I think you could legitimately include quite a few in the squad:
Ramsdale
Tierney
Saliba
White
Partey
Odegaard
Saka
Martinelli
Jesus
But you would have a very hard time convincing me any of those players are good enough to replace their counterparts in the starting XI.
This.
We are addicted to winning or drawing games by the seat of our pants instead of nice boring 1-0 or 2-0 wins like champions do. Too many overly emotional games. Our defenders are giving the opposition chances to beat us. Let’s cut it out. Our lads want to be hailed as passionate players who never say die. It’s an addiction to these comebacks that is doing us in. The guys are never satisfied with dominating teams and keeping them down.
Ramsdale’s saves are as good as any Arsenal goalkeeper who ever played for us.
Martinelli and Saka at their best might get into the Invicibles team.
Odegaard goes missing against the big teams.
Jesus needs to calm down and be more deadly in front of goal. Trossard if given a proper chance to play regularly can be massive for us. He is as good a dribbler as Martinelli. None of the others could get into the Invicibles’ team.
Odegaard goes missing, what rubbish you spout, try watching the player, Martin Odegaard has scored 12 goals in 31 matches so far in the Premier League 2022/2023 season. 4 of the 12 goals were scored at home while he scored 8 goals at away games. Overall, Martin Odegaard’s goals scored per 90 minutes is 0.41. Moreover, Martin Odegaard’s total G/A (goals + assists) is 19 for this season.
“you spout” ? How strange. I thought this site was supposed to be free of rude insults. Oh well never mind. Odegarrd is decent but I can see why he didn’t make it at Real. Hopefully he will go on from strength to strength because we need him at his best.
This guy insults everyone who doesn’t accept his view of Arsenal. Don’t take it personally.