William Saliba summer sagas are a thing. Will he go on loan" Does he deserve to go on loan" Will he come back and be happy" Now we’re down to ‘will he sign"’ One of the newspapers is running a story that points to problems with the William Saliba contract negotiation.
‘Shocked at demands’
‘Arsenal prepared to treble wages to £120k a week’
‘PSG circling’
What did we expect"
Now, I don’t believe Arsenal are offering William Saliba £120k a week. We gave Eddie £110k to be back-up striker last season. Take into account inflation, Arsenal now joining the Champions League elite, and the reality that Saliba is now a French international that starts every game for Arsenal – then tell me with a straight face Arsenal have £120k a week on the table. Arsenal knows they will have to pay him £180k a week or above because that’s the going rate for a player of his caliber.
If we were to replace him, who would we sign" £100m Gvardiol" Probably cheaper to do the deal with Saliba.
This situation hasn’t been helped by Arteta treating the player poorly when he sent him out on loan two seasons ago. The player didn’t want to go but Arteta wouldn’t offer him minutes over – Pablo Mari. That moment was an ego hit to the player, it led to uncertainty, we know it wasn’t pleasant because he wouldn’t stop talking about it in the media. The 3500 minutes gave...