Bukayo Saka

“When I grew up all my documents stated that I am English, hopefully Nigerian people will understand.”

“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.”

“I always watch clips of the opposition and try to understand the way they play before the game.”

“Harry Kane put his arm around me, he spoke to me and asked me how I was. For him to do that, it helped me settle in much quicker and made me feel comfortable to be myself around everyone.”

“I always wanted to learn to get better, I always watched a lot of football to see how I could improve.”

“When you go out to restaurants, you get your go-to. When you go to KFC or you go to Nando's, you get your go-to.”

“When you play for your country, it means the world. You're playing for a whole nation. You're representing a whole nation. They're all behind you, supporting you. It just means everything.”

“I've always dreamed of this moment from when I was a kid to score a goal for Arsenal Football Club.”

“You go through the youth teams, year by year, and you see all these great players around you - some of them could be the best in the year - and slowly they are all let go, to other clubs or even stopping completely.”

“I think from the moment you sign, the education at Hale End, you start to know the history of Arsenal. You know which games are the most important.”

“Gaming's good for many different things, I'd say.”

“I've always wanted to have the courage to play, to be the one that's visible when everyone's heads are down.”

“I don't think that I'm the player that's carrying Arsenal.”

“There were some tough days, there were some good days, but you have to just keep going, keep dreaming, and keep believing.”

“When I was really young I had a lot of growing pains, and it was really frustrating.”

“In the future if I do get to go back on to the wing I feel like I know how full backs play and playing as a full back I know what wingers do, what I like them to do and what I don't like them to do. It's a good learning experience for me.”

“I hadn't been to many stadiums at all, so it was a big moment for me, as an eight-year-old, to go to a game.”

“It started from Auba. He said it in French. We're doing one finishing drill one time in training and he kept saying it, and I kept scoring, I was shooting with so much power and he was calling me little chilli in French.”

“This is what I dreamed about. Playing at Wembley in front of a full crowd and my family, scoring on my 20th birthday.”