Arsenal signs star winger Bukayo Saka to extended contract through 2027
LONDON (AP) — Arsenal secured homegrown star Bukayo Saka to an prolonged contract Tuesday as collectively they aim a primary Premier League title in 20 years after being outlasted by Manchester City this season.
The 21-year-old England winger signed by way of 2027 with the membership he joined as a boy and made a first-team debut with 4 seasons in the past.
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“I think this is the right club, the right place to make the next step,” Saka mentioned in a press release on Arsenal’s web site. “It’s a beautiful club — look where we are.”
Arsenal led the Premier League for many of an exhilarating season earlier than a younger staff light within the closing stretch, worn down by defending champion Man City’s deep and expensively assembled squad.
Saka has scored 14 objectives this season, two greater than the earlier marketing campaign, and appeared in every of Arsenal’s Premier League video games.
“I think I have everything I need to become the best player I can be, and that’s why I’m happy to stay here and be here for the future,” Saka mentioned, “because I really believe that we can achieve big things.”
Saka can count on to make his Champions League debut when Arsenal returns to the elite competitors in September for the primary time in seven seasons.
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta praised Saka as “a special person, he’s loved by us all and he is a credit to himself and his family for the hard work and commitment they have all made to get to this level today.”
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