Mikel Arteta looks as though he has executed his plan for defender William Saliba perfectly.
The Gunners signed Saliba in a £27million from Saint-Etienne in the summer of 2019, but the Frenchman is yet to play a single competitive first-team game for the north London club, having instead being sent out on loan for three spells in France with Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille, totalling 68 appearances in Ligue 1 across the last three seasons, winning Ligue’s Young Player of the Year award last year.
Saliba has been given minutes as part of the Gunners’ first-team in pre-season and it looks set to bolster his chances of a role for Arteta’s side in the upcoming 2022/23 campaign.
