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Arsenal U18 coach Wilshere: Saka approached Cesc and asked...

Arsenal Under-18s coach Jack Wilshere has revealed that first team star Bukayo Saka made Cesc Fabregas crack up.

Saka asked the former Arsenal midfielder Fabregas about how he could improve his game.

Saka, who has 13 goals and 10 assists this season, has pushed the Gunners to the top of the Premier League.

"Every time I watch him, he gets better. And the big thing, and this will always be the big thing for me when I watch him, when he first came into the team, the first thing I thought was 'wow this kid makes the right decision every time'," Wilshere told Sky Sports.

"Even if it's a five-yard pass, his understanding of the game and where his team-mates are is the best I've ever seen. And he's 21. He's in the perfect place, Mikel has been unbelievable for him, he's brought him on, developed him.

"He's now starting to be arguably England's most important player. And the best thing about him, he's the most humble kid you'll ever meet. He smiles, he asks for opinions, he talks to the young lads.

"Cesc was in doing his badges a few weeks ago and when B [Saka] saw Cesc he was starstruck and said: 'Cesc is there anything I can do?' I said 'B, you've just played 68 Premier League games in a row, you're doing something right, so keep doing that'.

"What a kid. What an icon for the academy, someone who is affecting games, is robust, can handle himself, can handle the media, can go through what he did when he missed the penalty, great role model for them."

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