Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka says he is unbothered about talk about the ‘amount’ of football he is playing at the moment.
Bukayo Saka is living his dream playing for England and is happy to play as many minutes as he can for his national side.
The 19-year-old proved his worth during the international break as he played in all of England’s games and impressed manager Gareth Southgate.
As it stands, Saka already has four senior caps to his name.
Southgate initially planned to deploy the Arsenal man in an attacking position but the teenager has shined in the left-wing back role of late.
Saka has started all but one of Arsenal’s opening eight Premier League games and racked up 232 minutes across England’s three November fixtures.
Many have spoken about potential burnout for the Arsenal man due to much game-time on his hands but the youngster sees it from another perspective.
“It’s a lot of minutes but as a kid this is what you dream of,” Saka said as per the Independent when asked if he was playing too much games.
“So I can’t now turn around and say I don’t want to play it because I am living my dream, playing for England.
“I played all three games – who’d have thought I would do that? So I’m not going to complain.
“I just have to trust the people in charge will manage me in the correct way and continue to help me thrive and progress as a player.”
Saka also mentioned how he’s been unable to process his fast rise to the top tier of football with the England national team.
“It’s all happened so fast I haven’t even had time to think about it,” he said.
“Playing for England is such an honour, it’s the highest level you can play at. So I haven’t really thought about it too much.”
“But I’m going to go home and speak with my family about it – I know they’re proud of me. I’m sure they will tell me what they think of it all.”
“I’m very happy with the way my week’s gone. I’m happy with the boss because he has put a lot of trust in me.”
Saka continued: “I’m also grateful to the players, they took me in, encouraged me a lot and gave me confidence.
“That helped me to go out there and express myself, and I felt in all the games I was given an opportunity, I played well and took my opportunity.”
“I am happy with my performances in this international break.”
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