One of Europe’s top wingers, Bukayo Saka, is a young player under Mikel Arteta who is trying to help Arsenal win the Premier League for the first time since the 2004 Invincibles. The Nigerian-born Saka’s career hit rock bottom in 2021 when he missed England’s fifth penalty attempt in the Gli Azzurri’s victory over England in the postponed Euro 2020 final.
Along with Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho of Manchester United, he also faced racist taunts. Unexpectedly, a young fan who wrote Saka a letter and included some pocket money offered him comfort.
Saka meets young fan who gave him his pocket money
As revealed in an episode of Arsenal’s All or Nothing documentary on Amazon Prime Sport, the 21-year-old met the boy named Teddy, who was invited to Emirates Stadium.
The most wholesome video you will watch today 🥰
— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) March 1, 2023
Teddy sent Bukayo Saka a letter and his pocket money after his Euro 2020 penalty miss.
The Arsenal star gave him a day he will never forget ❤️ pic.twitter.com/w2UeSZS8bi
Saka showed up in the dressing room, where the boy was already dressed in an Arsenal kit and asked what flavour of ice cream he wanted in reference to his request in the letter, and he responded with strawberry flavour.
When asked why he wrote the letter, the kid responded heartwarmingly and correctly pronounced the name Saka like the Yoruba people of South Western Nigeria, where Saka’s parents originated. ”Because people were being racist to Saka. Bullying him,” he said.
Arsenal target and AC Milan forward Rafael Leao has raised the excitement of the Gunners after he commented on Saka and Teddy’s video on Twitter.
😭😭😭🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 https://t.co/daInsu8Alp
— Rafael Leão (@RafaeLeao7) March 2, 2023