Former Tottenham Hotspur striker, Darren Bent, has said that former Arsenal forward, Alexis Sanchez was a better player for the club than Bukayo Saka.
Sanchez and Saka are two of the most influential players to have played for the Gunners in the past decade.
Sanchez joined the Gunners from Barcelona in 2014 and quickly became one of the best players in the Premier League.
The Chilean stayed in north London for four years before moving to Manchester United in 2018.
Saka is a product of the Arsenal football academy and has gone on to establish himself as one of the league’s finest wingers.
Bent, who played for Arsenal’s north London neighbours, Tottenham, picked Sanchez ahead of Saka, but pointed out that the player’s legacy at Arsenal was tarnished because he forced an exit from the club.
“Oh my goodness gracious me. You’re talking about them both at the top, top level. I promise you. It’s tarnished because of the way he left, but he was different, Sanchez was different,” he told talkSPORT.
The former Chile International, Sanchez, played 166 games for Arsenal after joining for a reported £32 million from Barcelona.
While at the Emirates Stadium, Sanchez scored 80 goals and provided 44 assists in his four years at the club, winning the FA Cup in 2015 and 2017.
Bukayo Saka, still only 23 years old, has already played 250 games for the Gunners, with 67 goals and 63 assists to his name.
