Ian Wright reveals his only ‘concern’ about Bukayo Saka at Arsenal | football

Saka has been flying at the seams this season, scoring two goals and seven assists, leaving Arsenal third in the Premier League table.

Having scored and assisted both Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli in Arsenal’s recent comeback win over Southampton, Saka stands alone as the top assist provider in Europe’s top five leagues.

The 23-year-old attacker also got on the scoresheet in the Gunners’ 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League and will no doubt look to continue his impressive form during the international break with England.

Ex-Arsenal striker Wright remains impressed by Saka’s performances and is “not fussed” about the constant comparisons to rival players. Ally McCoist is the latest to dismiss claims the winger is “world class”.

But as the games become increasingly crowded for Saka, Wright has concerns about the workload the Arsenal man is having to take on at a relatively young age.

“He’s constantly being compared to different players and what they do, but his consistency since he’s been in the team has been amazing,” Wright said on Optus Sport’s The Kelly & Wrighty show.

“At the moment he has the most assists in the top five leagues and people are asking how good he is.”

“But I’m not really worried in that regard because since he’s been there, and remember he’s only 23, he’s still delivering excellence in terms of creativity, defensive work and everything he does for the team.”

“One thing we’re all worried about at Arsenal is the number of games he plays and hopefully he doesn’t break down, but if you look at him he’s doing everything we all expect of him and that’s why it may be underestimated.”‘

“The first season they tested it and were very happy that they were able to compete. “Last season I was very disappointed that they didn’t finish it even though they played so well to get where they did got there.

“This season they’ve started to know that they’re not giving anything away in terms of margins, they know what matters.” The second half of last season saw 19 games, 16 wins, a draw and a loss against Villa, and that was enough not to win the league.

“As bad as they played against Southampton and they are trying to pull it off at the moment, especially without someone like Martin Odegaard, but Southampton came and made it very difficult, as anyone will do, and they overcame it and they.” and that is what you must do at this stage.’

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