Saka keen to keep taking chances - in more ways than one

Bukayo chats about his footballing philosophy, the sacrifices his dad made to make him the star he is, and a special memento from Chuba Akpom

Back in the very early days at the Hale End Academy, Bukayo Saka received words of advice that have stuck with him ever since.

“It was something one of my first coaches said that I always think about,” he explains. “He said to me, ‘If you don’t shoot, you don’t score,’ and you can take that in different ways.

“In a game if you take it literally – if you don’t shoot then of course you have no chance of scoring. But also I feel like you can take it in other ways and apply to whatever you do.

“Basically if you don’t take a chance, or if you don’t want to…