‘He is incredible’ – Alan Shearer says Arsenal star is a ‘future England captain’

Alan Shearer has paid tribute to ‘sensational’ and ‘incredible’ Bukayo Saka and insists helium views the Arsenal prima arsenic a ‘future England captain’.

Saka has developed into 1 of Arsenal and England’s astir important players successful caller years, racking up 236 appearances for the Gunners and earning 42 caps for the Three Lions.

The 23-year-old captained Arsenal for the archetypal clip past twelvemonth and has been tipped to deterioration the armband for England successful the future.

Record goalscorer Harry Kane has had that honour since 2018 but, astatine the property of 31, volition measurement distant from planetary work agelong earlier the Arsenal star, who is 8 years his junior.

Saka has been an influential fig successful England’s dressing country astatine 2 European Championships and a World Cup and Shearer believes helium has the minerals to pb the broadside out.

‘It wouldn’t astonishment maine to spot Saka arsenic a aboriginal England captain,’ Shearer told Betfair.

‘He’s already captained Arsenal and due to the fact that of his attitude, ability, and the mode everyone looks up to him, that to maine shows helium has each the attributes to beryllium an England captain.

‘When your squad needs you the astir to propulsion thing retired the bag, Saka tin and does bash that. I americium 100% definite Saka could beryllium a aboriginal England captain.’

Shearer added: ‘Bukayo Saka is perfectly sensational successful everything helium does.

‘He gets whacked each azygous game, radical effort treble up connected him, footwear him and helium conscionable goes retired and performs with specified consistency.

‘He’s an unthinkable talent, has a large property and he’s conscionable intolerable not to like. His cognition is 2nd to none; deliberation of the mode helium has responded to what happened to him with England successful 2021, and the mode he’s moved connected from it.

‘He’s conscionable a phenomenal talent, and he’s truthful gutsy and pugnacious arsenic well. 

‘I’ve been determination wherever everyone is trying to people you retired of the crippled and it’s tough. You tin stake your bottommost dollar that he’s the speech of the absorption dressing country earlier games.

‘Many person tried but not galore person stopped him. He’s conscionable incredible, astir intolerable to stop, and specified a fantastic talent.’

Saka has been 1 of the astir accordant wingers successful the Premier League since 2021 and has enjoyed an awesome commencement to the existent campaign, scoring 2 goals and making 7 assists successful 7 games.

His signifier has helped the Gunners instrumentality up an aboriginal presumption astatine the top-end of the Premier League array arsenic they look to extremity a 21-year hold for the title.

Following Arsenal’s astir caller win, a 3-1 triumph implicit Southampton, Saka was hailed arsenic ‘one of the champion players successful the world’ by teammate Gabriel Martinelli.

‘He’s unbelievable, and 1 of the champion players successful the satellite close now,’ the Brazil planetary said.

‘He’s a truly bully feline arsenic good truthful we’re truly blessed to person him present arsenic 1 of the captains.’

With the Premier League run connected hold, Saka’s adjacent involvements volition beryllium with England, who look Greece connected Thursday nighttime and Finland connected Sunday.

The Nations League fixtures correspond different accidental for Lee Carsley to involvement his assertion for the apical job arsenic the FA look to necktie down Gareth Southgate’s imperishable replacement.

England are looking to seal promotion from Nations League Group 2 and yet statesman preparations for the 2026 World Cup successful Los Angeles.

The England men’s squad volition person gone 60 years without a trophy by then, having lost 2 large finals nether Southgate, who opted to measurement down pursuing Euro 2024.

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