EPL: Arsenal legend questions whether Saka deserves to be club’s highest-paid player

Arsenal legend, David O’Leary has questioned whether Bukayo Saka deserves to beryllium the club’s highest-paid player.

Speaking aft Arsenal’s 2-1 Premier League triumph implicit Leeds United astatine the weekend, O’Leary insisted that the England planetary was nary longer performing astatine the level helium had antecedently reached.

Saka has been 1 of Arsenal’s astir influential players successful caller years and signed a caller declaration successful February, making him the club’s highest-paid player.

“I truly similar the feline [Saka], but I honestly don’t deliberation helium is successful the champion form,” O’Leary told talkSPORT.

“He is not the subordinate that helium was, without a doubt. He is inactive a apical player, but is helium the subordinate who got this fantastic caller declaration astatine Arsenal to marque him 1 of the top-paid players successful the country? I don’t deliberation truthful astatine the moment.”

Saka volition anticipation to assistance Arsenal unafraid a triumph erstwhile they look Lille successful the Champions League connected Tuesday.

 EPL: Arsenal fable questions whether Saka deserves to beryllium club’s highest-paid player