With respect to age, Bukayo Saka is 20 years old now and he is a professional football player of the English national team and Arsenal Football Club of England born on 5th September 2001 at Ealing in London, England.
Arsenal born player, Saka started his football at an early age of seven and graduated through the under age team. Emery handed him his first start for Arsenal’s first team on November 29, 2018 in a Europa league match against Vorskla Poltava. Later, he joined the Premier League fixture on the 1st of January in the year 2019 engaged in a match against Fulham.
Saka’s appearances throughout the 2019-2020 season were greatly elaborated throughout the period. His versatility was evident shifting between the positions like left back, left wing back as well as left winger. Over the time, he had become instrumental in the team, Arsenal; besides displaying fast-speed movement, he is very good in close control and marked initial good touches on the field.
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Saka came to light mainly during the 2020-2021 season further establishing himself as an essential piece of Arsenal. This shows his ability to play in the different positions within a midfielder and the attacking players. He managed to achieve this success that saw him promoted to the England national team in October, 2020, making his senior debut on the 8th of October 2020, in a UEFA Nations League match against Wales.
Namely, the ascent to fame can be attributed to the incident that happened during the UEFA Euro 2020 competition. Even though Rooney’s age was 19 years at that time, his part played a great role in the English team’s victory that led to the finals. Especially during the knockout rounds, Saka stepped up entirely, and thus, became even more beloved by the fans and showcased his performance at the highest level.
Saka is a great dribbler, very good controller of the ball and also has good crossing techniques, he also has good vision and peptide of the field. His ability to open up scoring chances and to make/construct good passes can be highlighted. Besides, his commitment, passion, and defensive style are also a very plus for Arsenal as well as the English national team.
This youthful talent has quickly placed Saka’s name on the lips of everybody in football. Significantly, he managed to claim numerous prizes; namely, Arsenal’s Player of the Season for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 seasons, which consolidates his position as one of the promising young talents on the football stage.
Bukayo Saka’s Sponsors and Partners
New Balance
In the year 2021, Bukayo Saka also signed a big sponsorship deal with an American footwear and apparels firm, New Balance.
The second part of the boot deal coupled with obtaining an exclusive right at such a tender age of 19 also attests to his growing recognition as a promising star. From this partnership, Saka got his New Balance signature boot, which is a rare thing only given to special clients in the market.
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Saka wears the Furon 7 boots during club games as well as other games involving international teams; they are a new boot model by New Balance.
Apart from Mane, Saka is one of the footballers endorsed by New Balance and follows in the footsteps of Mane, Sterling, and others.
Fiverr
Saka not only got related with the clubs as well as also included Fiverr, an online market place where buyers could hire talented independent consultants for a variety of projects.
This partnership came out in the late 2022 depending on Saka’s entry in the Fiverr video context. The first phase presented Saka in videos created by Fiverr expounding on his dreams and expectations for the cooperation.
Bukayo Saka’s Salary
Bukayo Saka started his professional career at Arsenal signing his first contract with the club in September 2018. Originally set to end by the 2023/2024 season the young talent’s earnings were approximately £ 30000 per week.
As a rising star in Arsenal, Saka enjoys the team’s trust as one of the key players, and his contract reflected that; he got a pay raise before the start of the 2022/2023 season to £70,000 a week. The thinking behind it was to discourage interest from top tier European clubs likely to attract the player.
Later, Saka signed fresh terms with Arsenal to further extend his contract and ended up with Arsenal till 2027. By means of this extension, his weekly wage, thus, raised to £300 000 per week making him one of the highest-paid athletes in the Premier League and the highest-paid player of Arsenal.
At the same stature taking into account the fact that Saka is one of the most paid and up and coming football stars of today, the worth of this soccer player’s wealth is estimated to be about five million dollars.
Bukayo Saka’s Girlfriend
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Saka has kept very few personal details of his life out in the public domain or open to the public domain. His current girlfriend is Tolami Benson who is an Instagram model and based on the information I got online, they are an item.
Their appearance in public together was witnessed during 2022 World Cup hosted in Qatar and this was the first time to witness this couple. There are rumors that they are in a relationship and have been dating since the year 2020.