Arsenal's Bukayo Saka seems a bit more open to food sponsorships than Kylian Mbappe. Last week, Kylian Mbappe sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Marseille Kebab Shop owner for using the player's name on one of his premier sandwiches. Granted, promoting the sandwich as “baker round bread, as round as MbappĂ©'s skull” wouldn't please anyone in the first place, especially without the Frenchman's consent.
Meanwhile, 22-year-old English winger Saka has given restaurant chain Nando's full consent to use his name to promote a limited-edition sauce. The Nando's trademark ‘Peri-Peri' sauce will get extra smokiness thanks to the starlet's eponymous ‘Peri-Peri Saka' sauce.
The sauce is officially described as “sweet, spicy and smoky,” according to ACL_soccer.
After all, his former teammate Arsenal, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, nicknamed him “Little Chili” for good reason: He cooks defenders on and off the pitch — he's racked up 16 goals and 15 assists in all competitions this 23/24 season alone.Â
“I love it and can't wait for everyone to try it. I've been going to Nando's since I was little so to have my own sauce is quite mad,” said Saka, who made the Nando's sauce collaboration a family affair.
“My family's really important to me so I wanted to make sure they liked it, too. As soon as my Dad said he was a fan, I knew it was the one.”
The Nando advertisements show Saka leading his chiefs in creating his sauce. “It needs a little kick,” Saka says before adding chilis. Â
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