Ex-Chelsea legend Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink names Arsenal superstar Bukayo Saka as his player of the season. Moreover, the Chelsea legend went on to snub Man City talisman, Erling Haaland.
Meanwhile, the outstanding performances of Bukayo Saka have impressed Hasselbaink. The English winger has produced brilliant numbers in the right flank of the Gunners’ attack. Meanwhile, he has already scored eight goals and seven assists this season across all competitions.
The 21-year-old winger started his youth career at Arsenal and gradually earned his senior cap in 2018. He has become one of the important faces of Mikel Arteta’s side.
Meanwhile, Erling Haaland joined Manchester City in the summer transfer window for £54 million from Borussia Dortmund. The 22-year-old center-forward came with a vast potential to become the next superstar of world football. The Norwegian has already started to move in that direction as he has scored 31 goals across all competitions.
Moreover, Haaland has already surpassed the goals tally (24 goals) of the previous season’s Golden Boot winners by scoring 25 league goals in 19 matches.
Hasselbaink inclined toward Arsenal youngster despite Haaland’s performances
In spite of the staggering records of Haaland, the former Chelsea striker insists that City has regressed after signing Haaland. Moreover, he thinks that Saka’s performances deserve more credit. According to him, Saka is continuing to help Arsenal win their first Premier League title since 2004.
In an interview with SafeBettingSites, he told:
“Everybody is going to say Erling Haaland because of his 25 goals and rightly, so but I would throw Bukayo Saka in there.”
Hasselbaink also went on to speak about Saka’s performance against Manchester United. He said:
“He was absolutely magnificent against Man Utd, and if you look at how mature his performance was against France in the World Cup too, he showed me that he is at the top level. I’ve been impressed with Luke Shaw recently, but Saka made him look ordinary on Sunday.”
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