Tag: William Saliba

William Saliba ‘will walk into the Arsenal team’ and is as tough to face as Chelsea centre-back Thiago Silva, according to Montpellier forward Stephy Mavididi. The 20-year-old has failed to play a first-team game for Arsenal since his £27million move from Saint-Etienne in July 2019. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); After failing to convince Mikel Arteta, Saliba was allowed to return to the French Ligue 1 last summer and has impressed during his loan spell with Marseille this campaign. Man Utd players ‘shocked & appalled’ after Mason Greenwood’s arrest Tuchel tells Chelsea board to sign £43m Real Madrid player Aubameyang speaks out on “hurt” of Arsenal exit after Barcelona move And Mavididi, who came through Arsenal’s academy, believes Saliba...

William Saliba has suggested that he was written off too quickly by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and believes the Spanish coach judged him ‘on two-and-a-half games’. The 19-year-old defender moved to the Emirates in a £27 million deal from Saint-Etienne but after making the move last summer, he failed to make a first-team appearance under Arteta. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Arsenal head coach claimed that Saliba needed to go through a ‘transition’ period in order to become a regular in the first-team. And only last month Arteta gave the green light for William Saliba to join Ligue 1 side Nice on loan for the remainder of the campaign. ‘It’s clear that a lot has changed in the last year,’ Saliba told RMC. ‘When I saw the coach changed a lot chan...

William Saliba has revealed his frustration at failing to get a chance to impress at Arsenal and hinted he will assess his future at the end of his loan spell with French Ligue 1 side Nice. Much was expected of the player after his return to Arsenal in the summer window after he spent the 2019/20 season with Saint-Etienne. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); However, the defender was deemed not ready for the Premier League by Mikel Arteta and is yet to make his debut for Arsenal, despite having joined the gunners in a £27m deal over 18 months ago. Saliba will spend the rest of the current campaign with Nice and even made his debut in Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat against Brest. Arteta says the centre-half remains in his long-term plans but Saliba concedes he was ...

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta says he is "fed up" with the ongoing situation regarding the club's defender William Saliba. And he has now confirmed they will attempt to send the youngster out on loan again in the January window after failing to do so in the summer window. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Saliba signed for the Gunners from Saint-Etienne for a fee of £27 million last year, but spent last campaign on loan with the French side as part of the deal. After making the move to the Emirates in the summer it was widely expected that he would become a first-choice member under Mikel Arteta. But, he is yet to feature this campaign amid speculation that he is struggling to adapt in the Premier League, and reports from France claimed Saliba is unhap...