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BexleyGooner wrote:Would be a massive mistake to let him go now for anything under £80m.

How are we ever going to improve if we continue selling our best players? And what message does it send to other players hesitating on contracts about our ambitions.

If he’s not sold by the close of the window, he’ll renew. The money will be too good to turn down.

I bet we can pay him at least double what Marseille can.

Marseille are 'surprisingly optimistic' to get their hands on Arsenal player William Saliba, according to L'Equipe.

Marseille president Pablo Longoria met with the player's agent and he thinks that the 21-year-old will return to the Ligue 1 outfit.

TedLasso wrote:

Salibatelli wrote:Yes I agree that is the best route now, I guess my worry is that it might not happen as Arteta has shown a real reluctance to use him up till now and we’ve seen other players kept only not to feature much.

Devaluing an asset doesn’t seem to matter to him.

Saliba wasnt ready before, now he is. I actually think he’ll be a regular starter this season and displace White. Maybe Im wrong but the kid is class.

theHotHead wrote:

TedLasso wrote:

Salibatelli wrote:Yes I agree that is the best route now, I guess my worry is that it might not happen as Arteta has shown a real reluctance to use him up till now and we’ve seen other players kept only not to feature much.

Devaluing an asset doesn’t seem to matter to him.

Saliba wasnt ready before, now he is. I actually think he’ll be a regular starter this season and displace White. Maybe Im wrong but the kid is class.

You don't know that, he was mis-handled. Had he not lost half a season not being registered he probably would be where he is now one whole season earlier. His progression is natural. Also, there is nothing to say he wouldn't have progressed playing for Arsenal.

Think about this, when he eventually went to Nice in the 2020/21 season, he quickly became one of their best players, he didnt need many games to establish himself as a good player. So, consider the obvious rustiness he would have had by not playing competitively for such a long time, he got to his level very quickly. He could have done the same playing for Arsenal, but we won't know now.

Losmeister wrote::rofll:

GW on the "mishandling" of Saliba.

TedLasso wrote:

theHotHead wrote:

TedLasso wrote:

Salibatelli wrote:Yes I agree that is the best route now, I guess my worry is that it might not happen as Arteta has shown a real reluctance to use him up till now and we’ve seen other players kept only not to feature much.

Devaluing an asset doesn’t seem to matter to him.

Saliba wasnt ready before, now he is. I actually think he’ll be a regular starter this season and displace White. Maybe Im wrong but the kid is class.

You don't know that, he was mis-handled. Had he not lost half a season not being registered he probably would be where he is now one whole season earlier. His progression is natural. Also, there is nothing to say he wouldn't have progressed playing for Arsenal.

Think about this, when he eventually went to Nice in the 2020/21 season, he quickly became one of their best players, he didnt need many games to establish himself as a good player. So, consider the obvious rustiness he would have had by not playing competitively for such a long time, he got to his level very quickly. He could have done the same playing for Arsenal, but we won't know now.

From what I saw of his play at Nice, he was not ready to play a significant role at Arsenal. It was his maturation and development last year that really accelerated his growth. You have to remember that progression isn't linear, it comes in waves.

You are right that it's quite possible he could have matured and developed at Arsenal in the same way. I have my doubts due to the fact that he played over 4,600 minutes for Marseille in Ligue 1 and Europa while our starter Ben White played just 2,800.

Highbury Hillbilly wrote:

Losmeister wrote::rofll:

GW on the "mishandling" of Saliba.

That's what it was. The club wanted him to go to some bottom half EPL team to get battered every week, probably so he would 'appreciate' the chance to play for Arsenal. Instead he went to France, immediately established himself as a starter and finished in CL places.

He knows his worth, meanwhile our underrating of him may lead to no renewal and eventually another free transfer for Edu's collection.

Reiss wrote:Arteta picking Saliba who is absolutely shining in defence. We were told the manager didn't fancy him... lol