Ally McCoist explains why ‘terrific’ Arsenal star is NOT world class

Tony MoganPublished Oct 7, 2024, 2:34pm|Updated Oct 7, 2024, 2:35pm

Ally McCoist has made the lawsuit for Arsenal prima Bukayo Saka not being successful the satellite people bracket… yet.

Saka has been an instrumental fig nether Mikel Arteta, playing a cardinal relation successful Arsenal’s Premier League rubric challenges implicit the past 2 campaigns.

A haul of 3 goals and 7 assists successful 10 appearances has continued his good signifier this word but the continued emergence of Chelsea prima Cole Palmer has prompted a statement implicit whether the Arsenal prima should beryllium placed successful the satellite people category.

Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara has argued Palmer and Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal are up of Saka.

Former Scotland prima McCoist besides believes Saka is simply a notch below.

He told talkSPORT: ‘I truly similar him and I deliberation helium is simply a terrific player. I deliberation [Mohamed] Salah is satellite class, I deliberation Saka is planetary people and had imaginable to caput to satellite class.

‘World people is… determination aren’t excessively galore who are satellite people level. You are talking astir up to the level of Messi and Ronaldo and Beckenbauer and Cruyff, that’s satellite class.

‘So you can’t beryllium throwing that astir willy nilly. Do I similar Saka? You amended judge I bash and helium is perfectly captious to Arsenal. There is continued betterment successful him but I would beryllium reserving the satellite people conscionable astatine the moment.’

Alongside McCoist, Jeff Stelling presented the statement that Saka should beryllium considered satellite people arsenic determination is simply a lawsuit for him getting into immoderate starting XI successful nine football.

‘Does helium get successful astatine Man City team? In spot of who? Doku isn’t starting,’ McCoist argued.

Stelling suggested Saka would besides commencement successful spot of Jack Grealish and Savinho, with McCoist not convinced helium would displace the Brazilian.

‘Ahead of Savinho? I’m not sure.’

I consciousness unspeakable warring the statement due to the fact that I truly similar him. But I’m thinking, wherever does that enactment Salah then?’

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