Emile Heskey has just named who he thinks are the best two wingers in the Premier League right now. Interestingly, though, he snubbed some big names, including Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka.
The Egyptian was the best player in the league last season, firing the Reds to a title, as he scored 29 times, provided 18 assists and scooped the PFA Player of the Year award. This time around, however, Salah has not been as influential and was even dropped by Arne Slot, leading to a fallout with his manager, which now appears to have been resolved.
Saka has been one of the best wingers in the world for some time now, but by his usual high standards isn’t having the most eye-catching season. While Arsenal top both the Premier League and the Champions League tables, the Englishman has not delivered as many goals as he would have liked. Despite often playing well, he has found the back of the net just six times across those competitions.
Perhaps with that in mind, Heskey has named two different wingers as the best in the country right now.
Heskey Names Jeremy Doku As No.1 Winger in England
Emile Heskey
Speaking to Sky Sports News, Heskey made clear that he personally believes Manchester City duo Jeremy Doku and Antoine Semenyo are currently the two best wingers in the Premier League.
When quizzed about City’s spending in January, he claimed that new signings like Semenyo and Marc Guehi have ‘done fantastic’. He then went on to add:
“When you’re looking at, in my opinion, the best winger in the league, Doku, and the second best, Semenyo, why not bring them both together?”
It is interesting that Heskey ranks Doku as his number one pick. The Belgian hasn’t always had the best final product, with only three goals in all competitions so far, but has registered nine assists in total this term.
Doku is also a real live wire on the flank. For instance, he has completed 4.8 take-ons per 90 in the league this season, which is more than Salah, Saka or Semenyo.
Semenyo, though, has made an immediate goalscoring impact at Man City since completing a £65m move from Bournemouth earlier in January, with three goals and an assist in his opening four games with the Etihad club. Having bagged 13 goals and four assists across 2025/26, there certainly can be no doubting his final product.
Heskye’s comments, as you can see in the clip below, however, caused a bit of a stir online as supporters debated whether or not they agreed.
Heskey’s Sons on the Books at Man City
Reigan Heskey making his Manchester City debut
Heskey may well be a bit of an expert on the players at Man City right now for a good reason. Indeed, he has every reason to keep a careful eye on their performances as his two sons play for the club and will aim to break into the first team soon.
Jaden Heskey, 20, is on loan at Sheffield Wednesday right now, but made his senior debut for Pep Guardiola’s team earlier this season. What’s more, younger brother Reigan, 18, also made his debut in that very same game, as City won 2-0 away against Huddersfield Town in the League Cup third round.
Seeing as Reigan is a left winger, he’ll no doubt hope to pick up some tricks from the likes of Doku and Semenyo, and has already spoken to GIVEMESPORT about his aim to follow in the footsteps of Phil Foden.
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Stats via Squawka – correct as of 26/01/26
