{"id":23882,"date":"2022-07-18T09:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/18\/the-latest-on-bukayo-sakas-arsenal-future\/"},"modified":"2022-07-18T09:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T13:01:27","slug":"the-latest-on-bukayo-sakas-arsenal-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/18\/the-latest-on-bukayo-sakas-arsenal-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest on Bukayo Saka\u2019s Arsenal future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>A fresh update on the future of Arsenal\u2019s Bukayo Saka has emerged on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Saka, 20, was one of Arsenal\u2019s best players across the 2021\/22 campaign and, whilst the Champions League escaped them, the Gunners did secure a 5<sup>th<\/sup>-placed Premier League finish at the very least \u2013 a huge improvement on their 8<sup>th<\/sup>-placed finishes in the previous two campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Saka, for his part, was instrumental to that, scoring 11 and assisting six in the league whilst also forming a great understanding with Martin Odegaard at the heart of the Gunners\u2019 attack.<\/p>\n<p>But, given his age, talent and the fact that he plays for an Arsenal side no longer at the top of the English game, the north Londoners may have a hard time keeping hold of their young prodigy.<\/p>\n<p>Saka is under contract at the Emirates until 2024, with the Gunners understood to be working on a new deal for the winger.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1706224\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":780937,\"brand_name\":\"Betfred\",\"offer_text\":\"Get u00a360 in bonuses when you bet u00a310\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/BetfredBetting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/165x165_betfred-logo.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Betfred Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/BetfredBetting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">Get \u00a360 in bonuses when you bet \u00a310<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #0e65bf\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-json\/xm-link\/BetfredBetting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">BET NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">18+. 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Arsenal consider Saka a key player and think his contract extension is like a new signing, it is a priority for this summer,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caughtoffside.substack.com\/p\/top-clubs-monitoring-saka-the-surprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Romano wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe top English clubs have been monitoring the situation for some time but the good news for Gunners supporters is that Arsenal is the player\u2019s priority: Saka loves the club and there is a negotiation in progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I think it is ideal for Bukayo to stay at Arsenal because the project is very clear, ambitious and with a manager who believes in him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion over the years he could end up being worth even more than \u20ac100million: remember that Saka is only 20 years old!\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/10-best-midfielders-to-pick-for-your-2022-23-fantasy-premier-league-side\/\">10 best midfielders to pick for your 2022\/23 Fantasy Premier League side<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/10-best-defenders-to-pick-for-your-2022-23-fantasy-premier-league-side\/\">10 best defenders to pick for your 2022\/23 Fantasy Premier League side<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh update on the future of Arsenal\u2019s Bukayo Saka has emerged on Monday. Saka, 20, was one of Arsenal\u2019s best players across the 2021\/22 campaign and, whilst the Champions League escaped them, the Gunners did secure a 5th-placed Premier League finish at the very least \u2013 a huge improvement on their 8th-placed finishes in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-23882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}