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William Saliba

Gazza M

I wouldn't take GFFNs interpretation of lequipes story at face value. they have a weird hard-on for riling the arsenal twitter crowd

speedy

Lots of centre backs his age don't get gsme time. I'd imagine he had a bit of a falling gout over missing the French cup. Acted like a bit of a tear when he got here. We planned a lo g and it fell through. He was probably pissed off more and thing escalated from their.

Gazza M

he's a kid. if we bomb him out for acting out a bit before even playing a game, after spending 27m on him, imo that's just shitty management from top to bottom

Panda

Loan him out for the rest of the season to a club where he is guaranteed to start. It really isn't that hard is it?

At least we aren't overplaying 1 of our youngsters and he has struggled with injuries in the past too. So this time may have done his body good.

I don't think his situation is a big deal in the grand scheme of things as long as there is a path for him to our first team and he is given a chance to prove himself before we sell him.

goon

Holding supposedly being offered a new deal while it's also being reported that a centre back will be on the agenda at some point really doesn't bode well for him.

I don't really understand what's happened or is happening here. I'd like to downplay it, but there's too many bad vibes for there to be nothing in it.

lorddulaarsenal

Leeds would be a good move for him

Coombs

Very strange stuff. Has he made some kind of weird political error with the club? Arteta? Or is he just not very good and we got hoodwinked by Raul and co into draining the accounts for him?

Clrnc

I find the latter very unlikely given how good he looks in Ligue 1.

And given that we gave him number 4, fought so hard to his signature, didn't even want to get him injured for his boyhood club cup final, the only plausible explanation is that he offended someone.

Rohit

A saga more baffling than the one involving Park Chu Young. I really hope he has not been sidelined by Arteta because he said or did something, as unlikely as that theory is.

Kel Varnsen

Clrnc wrote:
I find the latter very unlikely given how good he looks in Ligue 1.

Pepe looked good in Ligue 1.

Coombs

Good point.

Clrnc

Kel Varnsen wrote:
Clrnc wrote:
I find the latter very unlikely given how good he looks in Ligue 1.

Pepe looked good in Ligue 1.

Yeah but you can say Ligue 1 gives attacker more space to shine. Big money moves for Ligue 1 defenders generally don't fail.

Anyway that's beside the point, I just find it unlikely given the circumstances that our 27m defender can't make Carabao cup benches due to quality.

naz

I struggle to think that Saliba is not good enough. He's a guy that was so highly rated by almost everyone and chased by a few other teams that have good scouts. This smells like a stubborn Arteta moment again. The same Arteta that signs Willian and sticks to him for whatever reasons.

I hope we don't regret whatever it is we do with Saliba

Sicario

Saliba has joined Nice on-loan for the rest of the season. No option to buy.

goon

Nice.

Wish we could have loaned him to an English club.

Claudius

Glad it’s been sorted early. Good move. Nice lost their senior central defender Dante to an ACL injury in November. It’s actually part of what killed Vieira. This injury led to him constantly jumbling the formations to compensate and the team collapsed. So Saliba has a big opportunity under the new manager.

goon

Most of the talk from journalists seems to suggest he is still someone who we're planning to incorporate in our future, and that Saliba hopes to compete for a first team spot in the summer.

Gazza M

he better play every minute

speedy

We payed 27m for his potential not his current ability. Its completely understandable that he's raw and needs to learn a few things before being read to play against prem attackers week in week out.

The loan falling through was a bit of a mess, but we were probably tricked and dumped in it at the last minute when the team found a permanent signing available.

Anzac

Rohit wrote:
A saga more baffling than the one involving Park Chu Young. I really hope he has not been sidelined by Arteta because he said or did something, as unlikely as that theory is.

Could be less about his quality and more about his emotional state.
Perhaps a serious bout of home-sickness brought on by the death of his mother and the earlier impacts of COVID travel restrictions etc.

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