{"id":12871,"date":"2022-03-21T18:01:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/21\/arsenal-send-message-to-william-saliba-after-maiden-international-call-up\/"},"modified":"2022-03-21T18:01:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T22:01:31","slug":"arsenal-send-message-to-william-saliba-after-maiden-international-call-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/21\/arsenal-send-message-to-william-saliba-after-maiden-international-call-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal send message to William Saliba after maiden international call-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Premier League giants Arsenal have taken to social media on Monday evening, to provide a response to the international call-up afforded to on-loan defender William Saliba.<\/p>\n<p>News of Saliba being honoured with his maiden inclusion in Didier Deschamps\u2019 senior France panel was of course forthcoming earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>On the back of the withdrawal of Bayern Munich star Benjamin Pavard through injury, Saliba, a regular at youth level for his country, was chosen as the man to step into Les Bleus\u2019 defensive ranks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">William Saliba (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OM_Officiel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OM_Officiel<\/a>), est appel\u00e9 pour la 1\u00e8re fois chez les Bleus en remplacement de Benjamin Pavard, forfait. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FiersdetreBleus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FiersdetreBleus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JnCIqmvdQa\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JnCIqmvdQa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Equipe de France \u2b50\u2b50 (@equipedefrance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/equipedefrance\/status\/1505843056037220352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And, as alluded to above, one source who were quick to send a message of congratulations to the young defender on the back of his call-up were none other than his parent club, Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to their social media platforms, the Gunners wished Saliba \u2018all the best with France over the international break\u2019, in a timely reminder to any who may have forgotten that the up-and-coming starlet remains firmly in the plans of those back in north London:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations, William \u270a<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you all the best with France over the international break ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v8wjF8Z2UZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/v8wjF8Z2UZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1505909217475149828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Marseille stint<\/h2>\n<p>Saliba\u2019s impending senior international bow of course comes with the 20-year-old in the midst of another hugely impressive loan stint back in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p>After lighting up the French top-flight during a temporary spell with OGC Nice over the 2nd half of last season, the gifted young defender was snapped up by Marseille this time round, and has since not looked back.<\/p>\n<p>Establishing himself as an integral figure at the heart of the club\u2019s backline, Saliba has been afforded starts in all but one of OM\u2019s league fixtures, guiding the club to 2nd place in the Ligue 1 standings in the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/steven-gerrard-sends-message-to-bukayo-saka-after-arsenals-win-over-aston-villa\/\">Steven Gerrard sends message to Bukayo Saka after Arsenal\u2019s win over Aston Villa<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/why-arsenal-defender-gabriel-is-set-to-miss-brazil-games\/\">Why Arsenal defender Gabriel is set to miss Brazil games<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Premier League giants Arsenal have taken to social media on Monday evening, to provide a response to the international call-up afforded to on-loan defender William Saliba. News of Saliba being honoured with his maiden inclusion in Didier Deschamps\u2019 senior France panel was of course forthcoming earlier today. On the back of the withdrawal of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-12871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}