Arsenal Update: 'Ridiculous' Gunners Winger Shocks Premier League Superstar

West Ham United’s versatile star Declan Rice is shocked by what Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka can do inside the pitch.

In a recent talk with the “Super 6” podcast, Rice, who is one of the Premier League stars who can play as both defender and midfielder, raved about Saka’s form in Arsenal. According to the 2019 FAI’s Young Player of the Year winner, he has never seen a player like Saka.

“Bukayo Saka is unbelievable, never seen anything (like him),” Rice said. “He’s ridiculous. So good.”

Aside from Rice, Saka also caught the attention of Arsenal legend and BBC Sport pundit Ian Wright. In fact, Wright even blamed his former team for the injury Saka incurred during the draw against Leeds United on Nov. 22.

According to the ex-Gunners star, Saka is too young to be handed big responsibilities such as helping the team win through playing extended minutes while not yet completely recovered.

“He’s our most creative player at 19," the former Gunners forward said on the "Wrighty’s House" podcast. "When you look at it like that, there’s something fundamentally wrong when he has to play so frequently to help a team like Arsenal to win.”

“We’re asking an 19-year-old to come off the bench, he’s just played three games for England, and now he’s injured,” he added. “That’s too much pressure already."

Prior to the injury, Saka had been progressing well with the Gunners. However, he still hasn’t guaranteed his spot in Mikel Arteta’s starting lineup. Contrary to Wright's speculation, the Arsenal manager insisted that they are doing the right thing in protecting Saka.

"Obviously, he’s a 19-year-old kid and he’s played a lot of football [in England] in the last few months and we have to protect him,” Arteta said of his winger last week.

As for Saka, having more playing time is not a really much of a problem for his young career. Instead, he even considers it an advantage as he gets to achieve his “dream” of playing consecutive important matches for his country.

“It’s a lot of minutes but, as a kid, this is what you dream of,” the 19-year-old recently told AFTV about his extended playing time with the England national team. “So I can’t turn around and say I don’t want to play too much because I am living my dream, playing for England. I played all three games - who’d have thought I would do that?”