Marseille chief reiterates William Saliba hope

Pablo Longoria, president of French giants Olympique Marseille has, on Friday, spoken out as soon as extra concerning the membership’s curiosity in William Saliba.

Extremely-regarded teen Saliba, after all, is contemporary off the again of a 3rd mortgage stint away from the Emirates, and mother or father membership Arsenal.

After failing to work his manner into the first-team plans of Mikel Arteta forward of the marketing campaign getting underway, the 21-year-old secured a return to his residence nation with the aforementioned Marseille.

And to say that Saliba subsequently went on to impress can be one thing of an understatement.

The previous Saint-Etienne expertise shortly established himself as one of many first names on the group sheet of boss Jorge Sampaoli, en path to begins in all however two of Marseille’s Ligue 1 outings throughout the marketing campaign.

MARSEILLE, FRANCE – APRIL 10: William Saliba in the course of the Ligue 1 Uber Eats match between Olympique de Marseille (OM) and Montpellier HSC (MHSC) at Stade Velodrome on April 10, 2022 in Marseille, France. (Picture by John Berry/Getty Photos)

Not solely that, however Saliba too noticed his kind rewarded with each a call-up to the French senior nationwide group, and the award for Ligue 1 Younger Participant of the Yr.

In flip, it didn’t come as a significant shock upon affirmation arriving upon the shut of the season that Arsenal had come to the choice to lastly combine their gifted younger defender into the membership’s senior ranks shifting ahead.

As reiterated by Mikel Arteta himself, Saliba ‘needed to come again’ to north London this summer season, with a view to the 2022/23 marketing campaign.

As alluded to above, although, this has not stopped Marseille president Pablo Longoria from making crystal clear his hopes that the membership’s star stopper of this previous time period may in the end make his manner again to the Stade Velodrome.

Talking on Friday, the OM chief confirmed that he and all related to the membership ‘can be very completely satisfied’ if Saliba returned:

“William Saliba’s story is sort of a love story. He had extraordinary performances final 12 months with the membership. He’s mentioned many occasions how good he feels right here. That’s an vital factor. I’d prefer to thank him for what he’s mentioned concerning the membership and the supporters. We’d be very completely satisfied to have a participant of that degree.”

Longoria, although, to his credit score, additionally went on to reiterate that the powers that be at Arsenal ‘need to be revered’, amid plans to maintain maintain of the French worldwide:

“However there’s one other half. It doesn’t rely upon William Saliba, nor on Marseille. You’ve gotten Arsenal and that membership must be revered with its methods, its ambitions for the switch window. I’d be the happiest individual on this planet if tomorrow we had a participant of William Saliba’s degree.”

Marseille president Pablo Longoria says he desires to retain William Saliba (21), however that mother or father membership Arsenal need to be “revered”.https://t.co/QHiUwJQV5N

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