Jorginho has been Bukayo Saka
Jorginho has been Bukayo Saka's teammate since January 2023.
Arsenal midfielder Jorginho has revealed that his club teammates have given Bukayo Saka a hilarious nickname due to the attacker's playing style.
During a recent chat with Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand on YouTube channel Rio Ferdinand Presents, Jorginho shared his thoughts on Saka. He said:
"He is quiet and funny at the same time. Now he's going to be really upset with me because I'm going to tell what I joke about [him]. So basically in Brazil, we have this joke, we have a nickname called 'big foot', which means bad technique or control or something like that. So, we started calling him that and he's going mad. It's a joke because it's completely the opposite isn't it?"
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Saka, who is blessed with quick feet and fine vision, has been in excellent form this term. The Gunners youth product has scored seven goals and contributed 11 assists in 18 appearances across competitions for the Gunners this season.
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Meanwhile, Arsenal are second behind Liverpool in the 2024-25 Premier League table with 25 points from 13 games. They will next take on ninth-place Manchester United in a league clash at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday (December 4).
Arsenal great lavishes praise on 25-year-old
Ahead of Arsenal's recent 5-2 league win at West Ham United, Gunners legend Martin Keown suggested that Martin Odegaard is the most important player in the Premier League. He told talkSPORT (h/t The Standard):
"He's created 102 chances – more than anyone in the Premier League – and 41 times he's retrieved the ball in the final third so in and out of possession, I'm struggling to think of a more important player in the Premier League."
Keown, who helped his former club lift three league titles, continued:
"It's a shame to say that it's about one player but we could look at Manchester City and say that no Rodri has really created this spiralling effect, so sometimes players are irreplaceable and Odegaard has been that for Arsenal. It becomes obvious when he's not available."
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Odegaard, who was out of action for around two months due to an ankle injury, is considered one of the best playmakers in the world. The 25-year-old Norwegian has registered one goal and two assists in his last three league outings.
Overall, the former Real Madrid star has netted 36 goals and provided 28 assists in 161 games across all competitions for the north London club.