Plays like Messi! The Gunners genius is comparable to Saka. At the age of 18, his net worth has reached 55 million

What is a legend? What is a modern superstar? For Arsenal, the answer is Henry, the team's top scorer, Bergkamp, ​​and Tony Adams. The three men have long been turned into bronze statues and stand outside the Emirates Stadium. In today's Arsenal team, Saka is obviously the most promising to rival the above three people.

On November 29, 2018, in the cold winter in Ukraine, the opponent was Poltava Volskra. Aged 17 years, 2 months and 24 days old, Saka made his Arsenal first-team debut as a substitute. Since then, he has skyrocketed. Initially used as a left-back by Emery and even Arteta, Saka is now one of the world's top right-wingers.

Two weeks ago, he scored a penalty kick against West Ham in the 200th Premier League game, directly participating in more than 100 goals, officially joining the strongest ranks in the Chiefs era. In 2023, journalist Charles Watts called him "the best right winger in the world." Even though Salah has the upper hand now, Saka is still at the top of the pyramid. Looking at the team, William Saliba, Gabriel, and Declan Rice can compete for the top spot, but in terms of legend, Saka is approaching the peak of the Gunners.

Arsenal youth training is a tradition, and No. 7 Saka has long been the totem of the team. After Saka, who will be the next Arsenal youth star to explode? Will it be Skelly, or Nwaneri? Or maybe it was Dauman. The former made his England debut last year; the latter two months ago became the second-youngest player to appear in the Premier League at the age of 15 and was unparalleled in the limelight. But the most anticipated treasure of the Gunners is Nwaneri.

Now only 18 years old, he is the youngest appearance record holder in the Premier League (earlier than Dowman). Although Nwaneri did not score a goal in the new season, he already amazed Europe last season. When Saka was injured, he mainly played as a right winger, scoring 9 goals and 2 assists in 37 games, including a world-famous game against Manchester City. TNT sports commentator Joe Cole said directly: "He is the most exciting player in England and even Europe! Those touches on the edge of the penalty area, I dare not say, but like Messi." The Chelsea star sighed so.

With only 145 minutes of Premier League time at the beginning of the season, he has already left behind everyone in his age group - even more dazzling than Saka in the same period: Saka only scored 4 goals in his first full season, while Nwaneri has 5 more goals. The 18-year-old Nwaneri's transfer price in Germany has reached 55 million euros, far exceeding Saka at the same time. As Arsenal fan Leo Da Silva said: "He has the potential to surpass Saka and become another Arsenal legend."