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3 reasons why Bukayo Saka is the best RW in the world

By Adam Keys

Arsenal's English midfielder Bukayo Saka controls the ball during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Emirates Stadium in London on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Arsenal's English midfielder Bukayo Saka controls the ball during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Emirates Stadium in London on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /
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3. Goals and assists

Last season Saka scored 14 and assisted 11 for Arsenal in the Premier League, including G/A against United, City, Liverpool and Chelsea.

And, while those goals and assists were impressive, the timing of them was even more impressive with many coming as equalisers or to give Arsenal the lead in games.

More impressively, his numbers for England follow a similar trend, as he scored three goals and notched an assist in four games at the World Cup; the biggest stage.

With these numbers, Saka has become a star player for club and country, and as Joe Cole said after Monday’s 7-0 thumping of North Macedonia game, he is “the face of English football’s future”, but also the present, which is why he has won MOTM in 10 of his 28 caps.

At this moment in time, it is hard to find someone better than him on the right wing.

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