The date is 12th July 2021 and there is disgruntlement amongst Arsenal fans. Yet again, William Saliba had been loaned out, this time for a third occasion. Signed for £27m in 2019, the French centre-back hadn't played a single first-team match for the Gunners and it looked as though Mikel Arteta was set to waste one of the finest young talents in the game. However, like his mentor Pep Guardiola did with Phil Foden, the Spanish coach was merely biding his time and waiting for the very perfect moment to unleash him. Saliba made it no secret that he wanted to play first-team football and after a campaign at Marseille in which he was named Ligue 1's Young Player of the Year, that request was...
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