Arsenal Player of the Season, Bukayo Saka has revealed that he was given the name ‘Bukayo’ by his grandmother.
The England international, who was born to Nigerian parents, said his grandmother named him Bukayo because she wanted him to bring joy to the family.
Saka, who graduated from the Arsenal’s Hale EnAcademy said “My grandma gave it to me because of its meaning,” he told GQ Magazine when asked about his Yoruba name ‘Bukayo’.
“It means ‘God has added joy to my life.’ She wanted me to add joy to the family, so she named me that…Every time she called me, that’s probably what I meant to her,” he said.
Saka has definitely given Joy to Arsenal fans and for Mikel Arteta’s Gunners this season.