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Arsenal 'not planning first-team role for William Saliba next season'

Arsenal 'not planning first-team role for William Saliba next season'
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reportedly does not plan to integrate William Saliba into the first team next season, and the defender could therefore be sold this summer.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reportedly does not plan to integrate William Saliba into the first XI next season.

The 21-year-old is yet to make a competitive appearance for the Gunners since arriving from Saint-Etienne in 2019 but has become an integral cog in Marseille's first XI this term.

Saliba has featured 47 times in all competitions for Jorge Sampaoli's side, who are in the driving seat for a second-placed finish in Ligue 1 and return to the Champions League.

Saliba is due to return to Arsenal at the end of his loan spell, but Football Insider claims that Arteta does not plan to make the France international a regular starter at the Emirates Stadium.

Ben White and Gabriel Magalhaes have formed an effective partnership at the back for the Gunners this term, and the report adds that Arteta is reluctant to break up the duo.

As a result, Saliba could supposedly be sold by the Gunners for the right price this summer, with Marseille keen to keep the centre-back permanently despite their impending transfer ban.

Saliba remains under contract at Arsenal until the summer of 2024 but recently admitted that staying on at Marseille beyond the end of the season "would not be a bad idea".

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