William Saliba has dedicated his long term to Arsenal on a brand new long-term contract, understood to run to 2027.
The France defender was once an ever-present within the league till he sustained a again harm in mid-March that dominated him out for the rest of the season. Without him, Arsenal’s lead on the most sensible was once lower via Manchester City, who in the end powered previous to retain their name.
“I was born in north Paris but became a man in north London,” Saliba stated in a video message for Arsenal enthusiasts at the membership’s Twitter account. The 22-year-old, who will transfer to the No 2 blouse, instructed Arsenal’s website online: “I feel we will be able to reach the whole thing. Of path, it is simple to mention this, however we’ve got the trainer, we’ve got the nature, we’ve got the avid gamers and yearly the staff will get more potent.”
Saliba is the latest of Mikel Arteta’s key players to sign a new contract, with Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and Aaron Ramsdale having done so this year and Saliba’s centre-back partner, Gabriel Magalhães, doing so last October. Reiss Nelson also agreed to a fresh deal on Thursday.
Declan Rice is poised to finish his £105m transfer from West Ham to Arsenal, who’re additionally getting ready to announce the signing of defender Jurriën Timber from Ajax.