Arsenal's Bukayo Saka names his best African player in Premier League history

Faruq Ibrahim 23:50 - 04 June 2023

Bukayo Saka

British-Nigerian Bukayo Saka reveals who he thinks are the best African footballers in Premier League history.

Arsenal star Bukayo Saka has named Chelsea legend Didier Drogba and Manchester City's Yaya Toure the best African players to have plied their trade in the Premier League.

Saka is of African descent himself, hailing from Ijebu Ode in Ogun State in Nigeria, but he was born in England and represents them internationally.

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What Saka said

The 21-year-old winger is currently in Lagos, Nigeria, as Pulse Sports reported earlier, and in an interview with Newscentral, the England international was asked who he thought were the best African players to ever play in the Premier League.

The Arsenal academy graduate named Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure, who is a three-time Premier League champion with Manchester City, and his compatriot Didier Drogba, who won the league four times with Chelsea, as the best African players the English top flight has ever seen.

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To wrap up his trip, Saka met with the two-term governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday, June 3.

The meeting between Saka and Governor Sanwo-Olu came after the Arsenal star landed spontaneously at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport on May 31, 2023.