West Ham-owned Oladapo Afolayan impressed with Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka

Sep 20, 2019 6:30 AM

Oladapo Afolayan, on loan at Mansfield Town from West Ham United, sends a message to Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka.

West Ham United-owned forward Oladapo Afolayan has praised Bukayo Saka on Twitter for his performance for Arsenal against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday evening.

Saka scored for Arsenal in their 3-0 winagainst 10-man Frankfurt in Europa League Group F on Thursday evening.

The 18-year-old winger found the net in the 85th minute of the encounter for what was his first senior goal for the Gunners, as reported by BBC Sport.

According to WhoScored, against Frankfurt on Thursday evening, Saka provided two assists, had a pass accuracy of 72%, made one tackle and one clearance, and played five key passes.

Forward Afolayan, who is 22 years of age and is on loan at Mansfield Town from West Ham, was impressed with the performance of Sako for Arsenal.

Dapo Afolayan@dapo_afolayan

What a goal! What a performance! So proud of you cuz @BukayoSaka87 https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1174758294633816065 …

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✔@btsportfootball

Bukayo Saka strikes!

He becomes the youngest Arsenal player to score in the Europa League with a great finish to cap a fantastic display!

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7:54 PM - Sep 19, 2019

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One for the future

Saka is only 18 years of age, and the winger is still developing and progressing as a footballer.

The Englishman was superb on the ball, made some excellent passes, and showed some brilliant touches.

Saka looks destined to be a star of the future, and the winger must continue to work hard.

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