Arsenal defender William Saliba, who is currently on loan at Marseille, has admitted he isn’t thinking of a return to his parent club right now.
The Frenchman joined the Gunners in 2019 for £27 million but is yet to make his debut for the club and has spent time on loan with Saint-Etienne, Nice and now, Marseille.
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The defender has impressed in Ligue 1 this season and whilst Arsenal fans have taken notice ahead of his return, Saliba has admitted he is only thinking about Marseille.
Speaking to Eurosport France, Saliba said: “I’m on loan, but I pretend I’m there for many years. I’m not thinking about returning to Arsenal [right now]. I give myself to Marseille. I don’t think about what will happen afterwards.”
The 20-year-old also opened up on his time in north-London, admitting there were times where he felt he was a nobody at the club.
“There are hard times. I hadn’t played a game for six months.
“You have to fight in a career. We must take that as a lesson to go further. It gave me a little slap to say: ‘You are nobody!’ You can be bought for 30 million euros, arrive in a club and we put you aside.
“I took this experience by being positive. I feed on it. I know what it’s like not to play for six months. Today, I want to play every game. It puts the ideas back in place. Before arriving at Arsenal, I said to myself: ‘Who am I going to play with?’ And then you are not even in the group in the Premier League.
“It is not a direct message. But since I didn’t play for six months, that I had a hard time, I wanted to show that I had the capacity to play at this club. I do it for myself first. It’s not revenge.”
“I think there is room. It will depend on what happens with other players and that’s not a conversation to have now.
“As a club we are always in touch. Edu and Ben were there to watch him [against PSG] and keep a close eye on the progress he’s making.”
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