{"id":127658,"date":"2023-12-05T13:12:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/05\/mikel-arteta-hails-special-bukayo-saka-ahead-of-200th-arsenal-appearance\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T13:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T13:12:20","slug":"mikel-arteta-hails-special-bukayo-saka-ahead-of-200th-arsenal-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/05\/mikel-arteta-hails-special-bukayo-saka-ahead-of-200th-arsenal-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta hails \u2018special\u2019 Bukayo Saka ahead of 200th Arsenal appearance \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has heaped praise on Bukayo Saka as he prepares to make his 200th appearance for the Gunners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Less than five years after his debut as a 17-year-old in January 2019, Saka is set to reach 200 outings in an Arsenal shirt when Arteta\u2019s side take on Luton Town in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Should he feature as expected, he will become the youngest player to reach the milestone for Arsenal since Cesc Fabregas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not bad at his age!\u201d Arteta said of Saka ahead of the game. \u201cIt\u2019s gone really fast but it shows again the consistency and the availability that he has had over the last few years. It has been tremendous and the impact that he\u2019s had in the team has been really positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like watching a kid raise, and get older, mature and evolve. And he still has the same humility and willingness to get better and better and get to know the people close to him in his life, and the impact they have on him. All the academy people who worked with him as well over the years to make him the player he is today, they have to take a huge compliment of who Bukayo is today. And then let him be. Bukayo is a special guy, we have him with us hopefully for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Saka continues to shine for Arsenal \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

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With Saka\u2019s career still in its relative infancy, Arteta believes there are no limits to what the future holds for Arsenal\u2019s star forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment no because he hasn\u2019t got any limits and he wants more and the people around him want more,\u201d the boss continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis teammates are having a better understanding of what he needs as well. He has coaches, staff and a club that wants to push him to become better. I think it\u2019s a good context for him to keep growing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the players in the current squad, Mohamed Elneny is second when it comes to appearances for\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0with 158, with Eddie Nketiah (151), Gabriel Martinelli (147) and Gabriel Magalhaes (138) close behind.<\/p>\n

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