Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert wrote:
Financial as in that's the main reason he wanted to join us? I don't get his point.
He means that Saliba got a bigger pay check but no playing time.
St Etienne similarly got a big fee but lost someone who should have been a key piece for the next few yeas, and Arsenal potentially avoided having to pay twice as much for a fully developed Saliba at a later date (potentially being the key word here) but then had to pay another £30 million for Gabriel anyway when Saliba wasn't ready, so nothing was really gained. His point is that the transfer was motivated by money at every turn rather than football reasons. Puel reportedly got a shock when he took over St Etienne last October and was told that Saliba had already been sold. I remember he criticised their board publicly for their short-sightedness.
