William Saliba was showered in affection from doting Marseille fans during his France national team debut against the Ivory Coast on Friday night.
The contest was played at the Stade Velodrome - home of Marseille, where Saliba has spent the entirety of the 2021/22 league season on loan from parent club Arsenal. Having signed for the Gunners in the summer of 2019 while the club was under the stewardship of Unai Emery, Saliba is still yet to play a single competitive minute for the club.
Remarkably, the former Saint Etienne star has managed to impress Didier Deschamps and make his international debut before playing for the club that forked out £30million for his services just under three years ago.