Arsenal news: Bukayo Saka among 'best in the world' after legend's doubts come to light

Arsenal are successful good signifier up of their gathering with Premier League strugglers Southampton this play aft putting PSG to the sword successful the Champions League successful midweek

It's been a week to retrieve for Arsenal disconnected the backmost of their connection triumph implicit Paris Saint-Germain successful the Champions League.

The Gunners eased to a 2-0 triumph implicit the French giants courtesy of goals from Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz to kickstart their European run pursuing a goalless gully with Atalanta past month.

And Mikel Arteta's broadside caput into the planetary interruption knowing that a triumph against struggling Southampton would warrant they volition astatine slightest lucifer Manchester City's constituent tally going into the adjacent circular of fixtures. Here, Mirror Football rounds up each the latest quality from The Emirates up of this weekend's match...

Saka among 'world's best'

Former England manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink reckons that Bukayo Saka deserves to beryllium recognised arsenic 1 of the champion players successful the world.

Hasselbaink, who has worked with Saka during his spell connected Gareth Southgate's England coaching staff, feels that the Arsenal prima is successful a league of his ain erstwhile it comes to wide forwards successful the modern game.

And Hasselbaink has besides lauded Saka's mentality and quality disconnected the backmost of different good showing for Arsenal successful midweek.

Read Hasselbaink's afloat Saka verdict here!

Henry admits to Saka doubts

Arsenal fable Thierry Henry has admitted that helium wasn't wholly definite that Bukayo Saka would go the superstar helium is contiguous aft watching him successful the academy.

Saka is the latest Hale End postgraduate to blossom successful North London and has go a hugely influential fig for the Gunners since breaking into the first-team representation arsenic a teen years ago.

Speaking connected CBS Sports, the Frenchman said: "I saw him astatine the academy and I didn’t deliberation helium would beryllium that good, I’ll beryllium honorable with you. But erstwhile you work, you person that enactment ethic, you person a bully household down you, origin I cognize the family, helium is clever, helium works well.

"I truly saw a subordinate reaching his level, due to the fact that close present helium is astatine a level, hard to arrive. He has been determination for astir 3 years if I americium being honest."

Arteta told ex-star is 'proving him wrong'

Peter Schmeichel has praised Emiliano Martinez for proving Arsenal incorrect aft they sold the goalkeeper.

The Argentina planetary was connected the books astatine The Emirates for years without establishing himself earlier joining Aston Villa successful a £20million deal.

Martinez has established himself arsenic 1 of the apical goalkeeper's successful the satellite since leaving Arsenal - and Schmeichel feels that the shot-stopper has proved Arteta and co made a mistake successful letting him permission the club.

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