Arsenal have been warned about Actual Madrid and different elite golf equipment being more likely to proceed exhibiting switch curiosity in William Saliba for the foreseeable future.
Talking completely to CaughtOffside for his newest Each day Briefing column, Charles Watts defined that Saliba is the type of elite expertise that Europe’s prime golf equipment should be monitoring, although that doesn’t essentially imply Arsenal can be letting him go.
For now, Watts insists the Gunners received’t be panicking in regards to the hyperlinks with Actual Madrid or anybody else, with Saliba tied right down to a contract till 2027, although he additionally admits he can’t see the France worldwide being a one-club man for his complete profession.
Arsenal followers will at the very least hope they get to have Saliba for the subsequent few years, in what ought to in idea be the height of his powers, however it is likely to be {that a} big-money sale must be sanctioned in some unspecified time in the future.
Saliba switch: Arsenal ought to already be engaged on new contract
Watts added that he feels AFC chief Edu would do properly to already begin work on a brand new contract for Saliba, in order to keep away from any doubts over the 23-year-old within the coming years as we get nearer to the ultimate 18 months of his present deal.
“William Saliba’s identify is consistently being talked about in the identical breath as Actual Madrid. That’s been the case for the previous couple of years and it’s going to proceed to be the case going ahead,” Watts mentioned.
“After all he’s going to be linked with Madrid, PSG and each different prime aspect in Europe. Who wouldn’t need William Saliba at their membership?
“I don’t know the way sturdy Madrid’s curiosity is in Saliba, however he’ll be on the radar, simply as he can be for the opposite golf equipment that I’ve talked about. For those who had been a sporting director at a prime membership and also you weren’t conserving tabs on Saliba’s profession and the way issues are going at Arsenal then you definitely wouldn’t be doing all your job proper.
“However that doesn’t imply he’s going anyplace quickly. Arsenal labored very laborious to safe Saliba to a brand new contract simply 14 month in the past and that deal nonetheless has three years left to run.
“So there is no such thing as a must panic and Saliba could be very, very completely satisfied at Arsenal. If I used to be Edu although, I’d already be placing within the groundwork relating to Saliba’s subsequent contract. As a result of the tempo of his rise in the direction of the very prime of the sport calls for that Arsenal should sustain.
“I’ll be completely trustworthy and admit that I don’t see Saliba being a one membership man. He’s not come via the ranks at Arsenal. He could have adopted them as a boy in France, however he doesn’t have an timeless loyalty in the direction of them.”
He added: “You don’t wish to get right into a state of affairs the place Saliba has simply 18 months left on his contract, like he did final time. You wish to be sure you are protected to keep away from giving any golf equipment a stronger hand by way of attempting to prize him away.
“So it’s one thing Arsenal can be , however they received’t be apprehensive simply but. Saliba is their participant and I don’t see that altering for a good whereas.”
