Bukayo Saka: When Arsenal Star ‘Floored’ Marcus Rashford With Hilarious Spelling Game at Qatar World Cup

Bukayo Saka: When Arsenal Star ‘Floored’ Marcus Rashford With Hilarious Spelling Game at Qatar World Cup

Martin Moses
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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  • Bukayo Saka pranked his England teammates with a spelling game during the World Cup in Qatar
  • England failed in their quest of winning the World Cup, exiting at the quarterfinal stage
  • However, the mood in the camp was top notch thanks to Saka's trickery on social media

Bukayo Saka has really transformed himself to become one of the most potent attackers in the Premier League this season.

His most recent goal against Everton from a near-impossible angle was a testament to a young player on the rise. Saka started his career at Arsenal, alternating as a left-back and a left wing-back before leading Arsenal's title charge this season.

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Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka has hit top form this season. Photo by Clive Rose.
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Alongside him in England is Marcus Rashford, who is arguably the most in-form player in the world right now. Forget Kylian Mbappe.

The two stars were part of Gareth Southgate's England squad at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar towards the end of last year.

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During the tournament, Saka embraced digital media through Tik Tok by asking his international teammates to spell a few words. Rashford was among the players caught in the cross hairs, and boy, who knew spelling a subtle word as 'embarassed' could be so problematic?

See, we also got it wrong. But that's how Rashford spelt it, generating intense mocking sounds from Saka. The Manchester United ace missed one 'r' in his spelling to make embarrassed. No wonder Saka dubbed his videos as Saka's spelling school.

Alexander-Arnold fails as well

At the same time, Saka trolled his international teammate, Trent Alexander-Arnold, for misspelling the word 'entrepreneur'.

The pair were part of the Three Lions Squad to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where they crashed out in the quarterfinal stage at the hands of France.

Sports Brief reported that the England team camped at the exotic Souq Al Wakra Hotel Qatar by Tivoli, a short drive from Doha city centre. It was a moment for Saka and Alexander-Arnold to reunite as they shared fun moments together, but there was more to it.

A moment came when Saka asked the Liverpool star to spell the word 'entrepreneur'. Alexander-Arnold made an attempt but ultimately failed, causing the Arsenal forward to burst out laughing.

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Martin Moses is a sports journalist with over five years of experience in media. He graduated from Multimedia University of Kenya (Bachelor of Journalism, 2017-2021)