While he wasn't the only one, Arsenal legend Ian Wright publicly pondered why the Gunners had spent nearly £30million on William Saliba around 13 months ago after his old side were thrashed at Manchester City.
The Gunners were on the wrong end of a 5-0 drubbing at the Etihad in a game that saw a makeshift backline deployed by manager Mikel Arteta. At that time, Saliba had just started his third loan spell away from the club, this time at Marseille, while he hadn't yet actually made a competitive appearance for Arsenal.
In Manchester, Arteta had named a back-five that consisted of Kieran Tierney, Sead Kolasinac, Rob Holding, Calum Chambers and Cedric. For context, two of those players are no longer at the club while just one in Tierney actually still features regularly.
