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Martin Keown criticized Arsenal’s decision to try to put William Saliba on loan, adding that he is “eager” to see him in action.
The Gunners signed the 19-year-old last summer to a deal that saw him go out on loan last year with the former St Etienne team.
Saliba enjoyed another impressive season in France, despite a couple of injury setbacks, before joining the Arsenal team in July.
There was a lot of talk about Saliba coming in to fix our lackluster defense from last season, but the club now seems ready to move on to another loan.
“It’s strange. We just haven’t seen the child. You want to see him to see how he performs in the championship to see if he’s good enough, ”Keown told TalkSPORT.
“I am eager to see. The feeling was that this was going to be the one. Gabriel has entered and has been an outstanding signing. Perhaps they feel that he is too young and want him to go out to new pastures.
“Loaning it later when there was a real problem there last season seems like a real mystery.”
Arsenal have moved to bring in Gabriel Magalhaes this summer, who already seems likely to play a key role at the heart of the defense, and it is possible that he was only signed due to Saliba’s failure to convince Mikel Arteta that he was ready for a role.
Do we think Gabriel was always a target, or did Saliba convince Arteta that another defender was needed this summer?
Patrick
