Bukayo Saka: Saka The Net

[drippin]

He didn't say he would give him for free or peanuts, obviously, we would look for good money for him, but it's fair to say with Vieira here his chances will be limited

"Need to sell" means more like we should sell him for like to get rid of him, which means not big money.

No we don't need to sell him, we need quality depth.

He just in his 2nd EPL season scored a goal per 192 minutes from the wing, and has the potential to play midfield later.

 

[Deleted member 102404]

Getting difficult.
If he won’t sign then sell for big money.
We simply can’t afford contract holdouts in the squad running their contracts down.
Disappointed in Saka, he seemed Arsenal through and through, but maybe not?

 

[French-Gooner]

Getting difficult.
If he won’t sign then sell for big money.
We simply can’t afford contract holdouts in the squad running their contracts down.
Disappointed in Saka, he seemed Arsenal through and through, but maybe not?

What is making you think he won't sign ?

 

[Macho]

What is making you think he won't sign ?

Nothing. Arteta even said it was looking positive.

Even if he left you can still be Arsenal through and through whilst doing what’s best for your career. If he was crap his loyalty wouldn’t even come into it.

 

[Deleted member 102404]

What is making you think he won't sign ?

Not sure he won’t, but we’re into the last two years now and he hasn’t.
It’s not a good sign and I do think it could get disruptive to plans.
Just had too much of these contract saga’s for a lifetime. Best to make a decision at 2 years imo and deal with it efficiently.
He is a brilliant player, but we can’t afford to be selling him on the cheap in Jan or next summer.

 

[Geofranco]

He is my favorite youngster so it hurts me to say you are right about this

He is injury prone and does not have top class ceiling like RVP did. He is also young and English, think we can get a decent amount for him.

 

[Geofranco]

Why? He gives us goals and assists. You can’t have a squad of 11 players. And he is Arsenal inside out.

I believe his goal scoring was a purple patch. But I also never rated Aaron Ramsey. ESR is good, I just don't see star potential with him and he looks like one of those types that will always have nagging injury issues.

 

[Geofranco]

How stupid that would be without an amazing offer.

He has 4 years in contract with not big wages.

He is no Iwobi. We can sell him with 2 years in contract later if he doesn't fire up or keeps getting injured.

Weird to see this from a person who is active in the Academy threads, wtf.

I don't mean we should sell him immediately. But we should keep an eye out for offers in the next couple of years depending on his form. I think with his injuries and also limited ceiling, he would be the best candidate out of the current group to sell and get good money from the deal.

 

[bingobob]

ESR is the type of player Chelsea or Liverpool would sell for 30m and Arsenal fans would be all like 'omg how come we can't ever sell our players like them?'.

Esr is a good player and he provided a very good return. If he done that for Chelsea i don't think they'd be looking to sell him anytime soon. And if they did it would be for more than 30 million.

Issue with ESR is does he force himself into thw team and if he doesn't is he happy being a rotation player. If he is great if he isn't then move him on. Same with any player tbf.

On Saka i think he will sign a new contract. And it better he signs when we are on form. That's the mistake we made with Alexis not striking whilst the iron was hot. If we are in a good place come the WC just give him what's needed to get it over the line.

 

[Geofranco]

Getting difficult.
If he won’t sign then sell for big money.
We simply can’t afford contract holdouts in the squad running their contracts down.
Disappointed in Saka, he seemed Arsenal through and through, but maybe not?

He has to do what's best for him and his family. It's God first, family and then football. The young man has been arsenal player of the season the last two years and isn't even 21 yet. But a lot of fans still doubt him, I feel like Klopp would bring out the best in him. He would be a monster in that system.

 

[boonthegoon]

 

[Trilly]

Saw a stat that his recent non penalty goals numbers aren’t looking very good.

Needs a goal this evening.

 

[Rex Stone]

Saw a stat that his non penalty goals aren’t looking very good.

Needs a goal this evening.

Been saying for a while he’s not a natural finisher.

World class creator in the making but you can’t teach goalscoring imo.

 

[Geofranco]

Saw a stat that his non penalty goals aren’t looking very good.

Needs a goal this evening.

Tbf he has never been a goal scorer even in the academy. Still think he can get you 15 goals in his prime in all competitions and like 10 assists, season in and season out. He has that type of raw talent and intelligence. With his dribbling, movement and other talented forwards to play off. Sterling is not a natural finisher, but playing with a lot of creative players and having elite movement made him very productive in the final third even with all the chances he misses.

 

[Trilly]

Been saying for a while he’s not a natural finisher.

World class creator in the making but you can’t teach goalscoring imo.

I checked his numbers and 9NPG is okay for his age tbh, but I do remember the latter end of the season being quite bad.

If it wasn’t for those two late season penalties the numbers were looking quite bad. Can’t find a game by game log anywhere though.

 

[DJ_Markstar]

He didn't say he would give him for free or peanuts, obviously, we would look for good money for him, but it's fair to say with Vieira here his chances will be limited

They play different positions. Its like saying sell lokonga because we have holding

 

[Makavelii]

Saw a stat that his recent non penalty goals numbers aren’t looking very good.

Needs a goal this evening.

What was the stat?
FBREF has has him at 0.27 non-PK goals per 90 mins last season. That's stellar for a 20 year old winger in the prem.

He also won as many penalty kicks as he scored (2 for 2), so they count.

Why are people talking about selling Saka in this thread? Madness.
I suspect he just has his agent in his ear playing hard ball for a better salary, shorter contract and perks.

 

[drippin]

I don't mean we should sell him immediately. But we should keep an eye out for offers in the next couple of years depending on his form. I think with his injuries and also limited ceiling, he would be the best candidate out of the current group to sell and get good money from the deal.

Okay sounded weird from you. "We need to sell him." is a very strong sentence.

Like I said, he is no Iwobi, but already in his 2nd season shows he can score well. Has end product, and no, I don't think it was only an purple patch.

But yeah his injuries are a worry so 1-2 years will tell us if he can do it.

He has versatility, and Arteta goes with 2 AMF's basically so he is a great depth player to have with his potential.

 

[Deleted member 102404]

He has to do what's best for him and his family. It's God first, family and then football. The young man has been arsenal player of the season the last two years and isn't even 21 yet. But a lot of fans still doubt him, I feel like Klopp would bring out the best in him. He would be a monster in that system.

Don’t now anyone who doubts his ability.
Financially he doesn’t need to leave Arsenal.
If he does leave it won’t be because of God or family.

 

[Anders Harbo]

I believe his goal scoring was a purple patch. But I also never rated Aaron Ramsey. ESR is good, I just don't see star potential with him and he looks like one of those types that will always have nagging injury issues.

He doesn’t need star potential to be an excellent player for us in years to come.