Arsenal have borrowed a number of players this season, many of them marginal players of the team, but there are also potential players included, who have borrowed more playing time. William Saliba, who signed in 2019, was loaned to Marseille in Ligue 1 this season and suddenly became the team's main centre-back, and at only 21 years old, he was considered one of the best defensive players in Ligue 1 this season, which shows that William Saliba has been able to play in the Top European League. When asked about William Salibba's future, Arteta has always stressed that the latter must return to the team and be an important member of the team's future, but whether the players themselves want to stay in the team is unknown.
Willian Salibba officially joined Arsenal in 2019, but has not played for Arsenal since joining, has been loaned to Saint-Etienne, Nice and this season's Marseille, each season's performance has been well received, it seems that he has enough ability to compete in the Premier League, but good performance at the same time, he is also deeply appreciated by different big teams, Marseille intends to buy out William Saliba, Atletico Madrid has recently been rumored to want to sign the French international for 30 million pounds. In an interview with the Parisian newspaper a few days ago, William Salibba said that he was very happy in Marseille and did not reject the possibility of staying in France, which meant that the players themselves did not just want to return to Arsenal, but were also appreciated by Atletico Madrid, going to a team that could participate in the Champions League, like staying at Arsenal in the situation of competing with Gabriel and Ben White. Of course, Arsenal could turn down any offer for William Saliba, but if William Saliba showed his desire to leave, the team would have to be forced to release.
For Arsenal, although William Salibba has never played for a team, he is definitely an important asset for the team, but unfortunately the team is not the one who holds the initiative, after all, Arteta did not trust William Saliba at the beginning, and now the latter can certainly have a lot of choices after playing in Ligue 1. At present, Willian Saliba and Arsenal only have two years left on their contract, and if Willem Saliba is reluctant to renew his contract, Arsenal will have to sell the new France international in these two transfer windows. Although Arsenal are desperately hoping that Willem Salibba can return to the team next season, but still have to solve the problem of defensive configuration, the team's current starting centre-back uses a combination of Gabriel and Ben White, and this combination also has a good chemical effect, if Willian Salibba returns to the team next season, in the case of a shortage of monks, will his playing time satisfy the above three? Will Arteta risk a decline in his record and switch to a three-back formation? If you had the choice, how would you deal with the configuration of William Salibba, Gabriel and Ben White?