Arsenal winger, Bukayo Saka, says he’s delighted to have helped a 12-year-old child often known as Kabir who might barely stroll a 12 months in the past, get well from his ailment, Saturday PUNCH experiences.
Kabiru, a younger aspiring soccer fan, might barely stroll earlier than the surgical procedure, however now performs soccer which he loves a lot along with his two legs after the surgical procedure.
The England worldwide who was born in London to Nigerian mother and father teamed up with a charity organisation BigShoe to assist kids in Kano, Nigeria’s second-largest metropolis to pay for surgical procedures of 120 youngsters together with Kabiru who had been affected by mind tumours, umbilical hernias, and inguinal hernias.
Thrilled with Saka’s type affect in reworking their lives and restoring hope to them, the physician, Musa Ibrahim who carried out the surgical procedures and the youngsters who’re beneficiaries, wrote an emotional letter thanking the Arsenal star for his large assist.
“Your assist of the BigShoe Charity in collaboration with PSC Specialist Hospital helped us to carry out much-needed operation and this act has given the youngsters a brand-new life,”Ibrahim stated in a letter despatched to Saka which was televised on Supersport.
“I do know you’re feeling the reference to Nigeria regardless of the geographical distance, you might have touched their lives and their mother and father and the youngsters are grateful.
“I’ve letters from him and his mother and father additionally, these are only a few of the youngsters whose lives have modified out of the 120 kids you helped.
“Your assist has given the youngsters a model new life.
“Earlier than Kabir’s surgical procedure, he was barely in a position to stroll. He’s now in a position to play the sport he loves, post-recovery. His pals even name him “Saka” – and this makes him actually proud.”
In his response, Saka stated altering and giving kids a brand new life makes extra sense to him.
“It makes me smile. This sort of factor means greater than something on the earth,” Saka stated.
“I’m actually happy with my Nigerian heritage so to have the ability to assist the youngsters out there’s actually particular for me and I really feel so blessed to have the ability to assist them.
“I keep in mind being their age with huge, huge goals. The message I wish to ship to them is to maintain dreaming, maintain believing and go for it.”
Gary Lineker, a British sports activities broadcaster and former skilled footballer praised Saka for his charity work in Nigeria.
“He’s not only a particular footballer, @BukayoSaka87 can also be a stunning human,” Lineker stated on his X account.
Final week, Saka grew to become the youngest Arsenal participant within the Premier League period to hit the 50-goal mark.
His numbers for the season now stand at 13 targets and 12 assists in 31 video games in all competitions, a mixed whole of 25 placing him behind solely six gamers, amongst them Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah, throughout Europe’s main leagues.
In a complete of 210 appearances for Arsenal, he has scored 51 targets and supplied 49 assists. Remarkably, it’s a superior return to Cristiano Ronaldo after the identical variety of video games.
