It’s a big blow that is emerging for ASSE on a long-awaited dossier from transfer window winter. The central defender William saliba, former of AS Saint-Etienne, sold to Arsenal in 2019 and then loaned to the Greens, will not join Forez in the coming weeks, as the club’s management and staff ardently desired.
William Saliba will not come to ASSE
Everybody has Saint Etienne hoped for his return, it will not be. William saliba, in big trouble Arsenal where Mikel Arteta does not trust him and who vegetates with the reserve of the Gunners, wishing to leave London temporarily this winter to harden in another club until the end of the season. ASSE, which sold him to Arsenal in 201, had already obtained his loan last season and tried to bring him back at the end of the summer transfer window, after the sale of Wesley Fofana to Leicester City. But, while both parties were almost in agreement, the operation was called off. Since then, ASSE had decided to bring William Saliba back this winter, while Claude Puel’s team stabilized a little after having experienced a catastrophic period in the league.
OGC Nice gives priority to the Greens
But according to the latest information from nice morning, ASSE was given priority on the file William saliba. Indeed, things seemed very well started at the beginning of December. An agreement even seemed to have been found and the announcement of the Gunner’s return to Forez seemed imminent. But several clubs have entered the dance to secure the services of the young central defender in recent days. The Premier League were very interested, but William Saliba, who hesitated, seemed to prioritize Ligue 1. So it was thought that ASSE would then get the loan from his former player, but that’s fine OGC Nice which should welcome Saliba in the coming hours. “He is spending his medical examination this Monday,” writes the regional daily and will strengthen a sector that has been suffering since Dante’s serious injury. A blow to theAS Saint-Etienne, who sees his favorite defender choose another option and will have to overcome the disappointment of Panagiotis Retsos by other means …
By Matthew