Arsenal news: Expert issues ‘100 per cent’ William Saliba transfer prediction after confirmed news
Marseille have no chance of signing William Saliba permanently from Arsenal, according to Kevin Campbell.
The former Gunners and Everton striker, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, “is adamant” the 20-year-old will be part of Mikel Arteta’s plans for next season.
Saliba has starred for Marseille since joining on a season-long loan deal last July.
As quoted by the Mirror (7 March), the French club’s president Pablo Longoria suggested his side would try to sign the centre-half permanently.
Speaking to RMC Sport, as translated by Sport Witness (9 March), Saliba said “we’ll sit down at the end of the season” when quizzed on his future.
When asked by Football Insider‘s Dylan Childs for his assessment of the latest, Campbell said: “Let’s not even go there.
“He is an Arsenal player. He has gone out on loan because he is young, is learning and needs game time.
“What is going to happen is this, he is going to come back, Arsenal are going to hand him a new contract and he will be in and around the first team next season.
“Could he break into the XI? Maybe. We might see Arteta adapt his system at times to incorporate him.
“He is an Arsenal player and he will be given his chance. He is a brilliant young defender who is the future. I’m adamant that he is going nowhere. 100 per cent.”
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