Bought two years ago by Arsenal for € 35m, the young French defender has still not played a minute in the Premier League.
As the winter transfer window quickly approaches, William Saliba should take the opportunity for a change of mind. Left on loan from Mikel Arteta since his return from AS Saint-Étienne on loan, the 19-year-old center-back is set to be on loan again in January. According to Sky Sports, the Bondy native would be keen to find some playing time at another Premier League club. The Greens could also come back, who tried to get him back on loan last summer in the very last moments of the transfer window.
Gunners’ sporting director Edu addressed his case at a press conference.“Saliba came back here (from his ASSE loan) after a tough year. He was injured, he didn’t play a lot of matches. And as you know, he had some issues with his family. So then he came back here and people expected him to be on top already, ready to play, but he’s only 19. He needs a little more time. When you see him on the pitch there are three or four players ahead of him who will have more playing time. We have to prepare him to play and he is training for that playing for the U23s. Now we are faced with a case where we need to know if he stays here or if we lend him to come back. “