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MLS presenter reveals what really happened after Bukayo Saka and Folarin Balogun clip goes viral

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Published 11:09 21 Jul 2023 GMT+1

MLS presenter reveals what really happened after Bukayo Saka and Folarin Balogun clip goes viral

MLS presenter Jillian Sakovits has cleared up the situation.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

The Major League Soccer presenter who was involved in the Bukayo Saka and Florian Balogun storm has revealed what really happened.

Arsenal thrashed the MLS all-stars 5-0 in their US pre-season tour, with new boy Kai Havertz getting on the score-sheet.

Saka, who scored 15 goals in all competitions last season, failed to find the back of the net, but went viral on social media following the fixture in Washington.

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The England international spoke to MLS presenter Jillian Sakovits after the victory, with a clip supposedly claiming she mistook him for Balogun.

A video emerged online of Sakovits speaking to Balogun, addressing him as Saka.

However, the VP of Content Production for the MLS has jumped to her defence, revealing it was a mistake from the production team.

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The Twitter user shared a clip of the actual interview between Sakovits and Saka, accompanied with the caption: "For the internet weirdos ... @JillianSakovits knew who she was talking to.

"(For those accounts that want to make fun of the error from the truck production, fine. That's part of the internet. But this video is the reality.)"

Sakovits herself then took to social media to clear up the whole situation.


"As people who watched are aware, in yesterday's #MLSAllStar game I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to both Folarin Balogun & Bukayo Saka of @Arsenal," she tweeted.

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"I understand the American soccer narrative is an easy punching bag, but let's all be better. The game is about to explode here. We are ready, hope you are too."

The Gunners resume their US tour on Saturday when they play Manchester United. They also play Barcelona before returning home for the Emirates Cup against AS Monaco.

Featured Image Credit: MLS/Apple TV

Topics: Arsenal, Football, Bukayo Saka

Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Darren Till. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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