Alan Shearer says Arsenal have a ‘magnificent’ talent in their ranks

Tue 8 March 2022 20:45, UK

Alan Shearer has named Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka in his latest Premier League Team of the Week.

The 20-year-old played a big part in helping the Gunners secure a 3-2 win over Watford on Sunday.

Saka provided the assist for Martin Odegaard to open the scoring for Arsenal in the fifth minute.

Cucho Hernandez soon equalised with an overhead kick, but Saka then put the Gunners back in the lead.

He wrestled the ball back from Tom Cleverley and rifled home following a neat one-two with Alexandre Lacazette.

Arsenal then made it 3-1 in the 52nd minute, with Saka once again involved.

His quick throw-in to Cedric Soares got the ball rolling for Gabriel Martinelli’s clinical finish into the far corner.

Although Moussa Sissoko got one back in the 87th minute, Arsenal hung on for a fourth consecutive league win.

Saka’s efforts at Vicarage Road saw him named as the sole Gunners representative in Shearer’s latest XI.

“A magnificent goal, an assist and at the heart of everything good Arsenal produced,” Shearer wrote on the Premier League .

“In love with Arsenal”

Saka is one of the first names on Mikel Arteta’s teamsheet and is developing into a bona fide world-class player.

In July 2020, the 20-year-old signed a new contract at Arsenal which will take him to the summer of 2024.

And according to , Arsenal are planning to offer Saka a new deal at the end of the current campaign.

In addition, Fabrizio Romano recently that the England international is “in love with Arsenal”.

Amazing news for the Gunners contingent and fanbase, who could have a truly sensational talent in their ranks for years to come.