William Saliba and Mikel Arteta of Arsenal (Picture by Yong Teck Lim, Harry Murphy/Getty Pictures)
Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta has opened up about whether or not or not he felt nerves throughout talks with William Saliba over his future.
The France worldwide is ready to signal a brand new contract with the Gunners, in what is clearly an enormous increase for the membership and nice work by sporting director Andrea Berta.
Arteta, talking at his press convention on Friday, nevertheless, additionally admitted that he would have questioned the whole mission if Saliba didn’t wish to keep.
The Spanish tactician is glad it by no means got here to that, however it appears he did have some worries in regards to the Saliba state of affairs whereas it remained unresolved.
Watch beneath for Arteta’s reply at his press convention…
Mikel Arteta on William Saliba staying at Arsenal
“What we wish is to have our greatest gamers,” he stated.
When requested about “nerves” in coping with Saliba, he added: “I don’t know if that’s the precise phrases.
“What you might be hoping is that while you make the choice that you just wish to prolong the participant’s contract and life with the membership, that they really feel the identical means.
“If instantly you are feeling this isn’t occurring I feel it’s worthwhile to query the entire course of once more. As a result of I don’t assume that’s an excellent start line for something that you just wish to construct.
“We didn’t need to undergo that as a result of he was very clear, Willie, that he wished to stick with us.”
Saliba has been one in every of Arsenal’s greatest gamers since coming into the first-team within the 2022/23 season, forming a rock-solid central defensive partnership with Gabriel Magalhaes.
Dropping the 24-year-old would have been an enormous blow that might undoubtedly have been very difficult to recuperate from, so followers and everybody concerned with Arsenal can be delighted that he’s set to increase his keep on the Emirates Stadium.
