Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta has come out to say that William Saliba might leave the club in January.
He recently revealed that he is as unhappy as the defender about his current situation in north London.
According to him, Saliba’s loan deal to Saint-Etienne falling through on the last day was a situation that was far from ideal because he really needed that transition year.
He added that a loan move in January is very possible for the youngster and his situation will be reviewed in the next few days.
His words, “I am fed up with the situation because as you could see we tried to find a way in the last few days [of the transfer window] to give him some football.
“I explained that he needed that transition year when we decided to buy him and send him on loan to Saint-Etienne, for many reasons that didn’t happen, he didn’t have that transition year and he needs to go through that.
“At the moment, with the amount of central defenders that we have in the team we had to leave him out of the squad which is painful because we have some injuries and we could have used him, but it’s part of this profession.”
On a loan move in January, “Yes.
“We certainly tried in the last few days of the transfer window to find the right club and we had it, but at the end of the day we could not make it.
“We will review his situation in the next few weeks, sit down with him as well and see what is the best thing to do. But it will depend on him and other players’ situations as well.”
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