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Arsenal winger Saka: I loved Cristiano Ronaldo

Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka admits he looked up to Cristiano Ronaldo as a junior player.

Saka says he tried to base much of his game on the Portuguese great.

He told the club's website: "I loved Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Many other kids my age loved to watch him for the different things he could do on the pitch and for even the way he took free kicks.

"I think a lot of us were trying to emulate him."

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