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Sam Truelove

What Mikel Arteta and Arsenal squad will be doing during Argentina vs France amid Saliba hope

Arsenal may have their very own World Cup winner by Sunday evening. France take on Argentina in Qatar and William Saliba will be part of the French squad at the Lusail Stadium.

The Arsenal defender has only made one appearance for Les Bleus at the tournament, coming on for 27 minutes in France's 1-0 loss against Tunisia in the group stages. Didier Deschamps has not given the centre-back any more chances, instead preferring Raphael Varane, Ibrahima Konate or Dayot Upamecano.

It was thought Saliba may have a chance of starting the final after the aforementioned trio were struck down by a virus. But Varane and Konate trained on Saturday and are expected to start vs Argentina on Sunday.

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