BREAKING: #Saka Breaks Silence After Winning 2023 Men’s PFA Young Player Of The Year Award – #PFAawards—-Arsenal Star, Bukayo Saka has broken his silence after Defeating Haaland, Caicedo to win 20023 PFA Young Player Of The Year Award.
He made this known via his official twitter page.
This is coming after Bukayo Saka was named the Men’s PFA Young Player of the Year in recognition of his role in the Gunners’unexpected title tilt last season.
The winger inspired Arsenal to their best campaign in almost two decades, with the Gunners leading the Premier League title race for the majority of the season until Manchester City caught up with them in May.
Saka beat the likes of Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo to win the award on Tuesday.
The England international polled the most votes to finish ahead of every other candidate for the award.
Reacting to the award, he wrote;
PFA Young Player. It’s an honour for me to accept this award and have my name alongside the previous winners. To have your peers acknowledge you is a very special feeling! Thank you to the PFA and congratulations to all the other winners and nominees this evening #GodsPlan
PFA Young Player 🏆 It's an honour for me to accept this award and have my name alongside the previous winners. To have your peers acknowledge you is a very special feeling! Thank you to the PFA and congratulations to all the other winners and nominees this evening 👏🏿 #GodsPlan pic.twitter.com/ZbWbAlYPh0
— Bukayo Saka (@BukayoSaka87) August 29, 2023
The 21-year-old scored a career-high 15 goals and provided 15 assists in 38 games as the Gunners narrowly missed out on the league title.
He scored a career-high 15 times in all competitions, as well as providing 11 assists for Mikel Arteta’s side last season.
Saka was also involved in all 38 Premier League games for Arsenal.
The ceremony also saw Davido, the Nigerian artiste, entertain the crowd.