William Saliba will soon be able to finally kick-start his Arsenal career, three years after joining the club from Saint-Etienne.
It's still somewhat of a surprise that the Frenchman is yet to make a single senior appearance for the Gunners following a £27m move, but last season's loan spell with Marseille and subsequent recognition on the international stage has cemented his place in Mikel Arteta's plans for the upcoming campaign.
"He has to come back," the Arsenal manager said of Saliba when speaking to RMC Sport back in May. "He has the experience and has been in the necessary environment in order to be competitive with us. If he had stayed with us this year, where we had one Premier League game every week, with Ben White and Gabriel, he wouldn’t have had half the playing time he had with Marseille, that’s for sure.
