World Cup teenager admits he wants to ‘smash’ Bukayo Saka, three years since Arsenal exit

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Yunus Musah will face England next month and is looking forward to facing Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka at the World Cup.

Saka has become the poster boy of the Hale End academy having emerged through the ranks and become a first-team star.

Others like Eddie Nketiah and Emile Smith Rowe have emerged too, but it’s Saka who will be held up as an example for all Gunners youngsters.

Some won’t make the Arsenal first team though and will ultimately have to move on for first-team action elsewhere, with Musah a great example.

Yunus Musah will face England

Musah, 19, spent seven years in the Arsenal ranks but chose to leave at the age of just 16.

Musah seemingly felt that the first-team pathway just wasn’t there for him at Arsenal, so he decided to head off to Spain.

The midfielder only joined Valencia in 2019 but has been a regular first-team fixture since the start of the 2020-21 campaign.

Born in the United States to Ghanaian parents and then a citizen of Italy and England, Musah could have played for any of them on the international stage but picked USA.

Musan ow has 19 caps for the States and is expected to play a key role for Gregg Berhalter at the World Cup in Qatar.

England and USA are in the same group and that means Musah coming up against some Three Lions that he may know.

Musah has now told ESPN that he knows Jude Bellingham and Arsenal talent Saka, clamming that he wants to ‘smash’ both of them.

The teenager admitted that it’s a pride thing for him and wants to show Saka and Bellingham – two of the hottest prospects in English football – that he can go toe-to-toe with them.

“I know some people from the team, [Bukayo] Saka and [Jude] Bellingham, so I am going to have to go toe-to-toe with them in that match and smash them, really, because it’s pride, you know!” said Musah.

“I told some of my friends back home as well that if we win that match, they have to celebrate, in the English pubs and everything they have to celebrate, that would be nice,” he added.

Musah looks to be a huge talent just like Saka, and if he shines at the World Cup, maybe the door will be open for a return to Arsenal one day as Edu looks all over for additions.