{"id":7525,"date":"2022-01-27T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/27\/william-saliba-speaks-out-over-arsenal-future-as-fresh-arthur-update-surfaces\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T02:02:10","slug":"william-saliba-speaks-out-over-arsenal-future-as-fresh-arthur-update-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/27\/william-saliba-speaks-out-over-arsenal-future-as-fresh-arthur-update-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"William Saliba speaks out over Arsenal future as fresh Arthur update surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A pair of updates surrounding the personnel situation at Premier League giants Arsenal have come to the fore late on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The first pertains to the future of on-loan defender William Saliba.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a starring stint back in his home country of France with Olympique Marseille, highly-regarded Gunners talent Saliba was once more drawn on whether or not he expects to return to base in north London upon the conclusion of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Saliba, though, was keen to keep his cards close to his chest.<\/p>\n<p>In quotes unveiled by transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the 20-year-old admitted that, as things stand, his focus remains solely on the situation at Marseille, with plenty of time remaining \u2018to think about\u2019 his future:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OM centre back William Saliba on his future: \u201cArsenal? The only thing that I can tell you is that I am happy at Marseille, that is positive. Everything is going well here \u2013 there will be discussions in summer. We\u2019ve time to think about it\u201d, he told RMC Sport. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1486813435463667712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Juve stay<\/h2>\n<p>Next comes a fresh insight into the situation of a long-time target on the part of the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>The player in question? Juventus midfielder Arthur Melo.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian international Arthur has of course been tipped to make the move to the Emirates throughout the winter transfer window, amid efforts on the part of Mikel Arteta and co. to add some much-needed depth to the club\u2019s ranks in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>To this point, however, an agreement has not been found with Juventus, all the more frustrating when taking into account the fact that the Bianconeri just this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11670\/12525078\/dusan-vlahovic-juventus-agree-62-8m-fee-for-fiorentina-striker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nabbed<\/a> Fiorentina sensation Dusan Vlahovic from under the noses of Arsenal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1643750\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1643750\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1643750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237791215-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"William Saliba speaks out over Arsenal future as fresh Arthur update surfaces\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237791215-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237791215-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237791215-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237791215-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237791215-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237791215-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237791215-910x606.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1643750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLORENCE, ITALY \u2013 JANUARY 17: Dusan Vlahovic of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Genoa CFC at Stadio Artemio Franchi on January 17, 2022 in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s situation, though, appears unlikely to change any time soon, amid claims on the part of the Daily Mail that the former Barcelona man is inching ever closer to staying put for the remainder of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the transfer chiefs at the Allianz Stadium continue to demand an 18-month loan deal, rather than the six-month terms on offer from Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, as has long been common knowledge, the Bianconeri are hesitant to sanction Arthur\u2019s departure without first securing a replacement for the 25-year-old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arsenal\u2019s 18-month loan bid for Juventus midfielder Arthur is on the brink of collapse<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PDYZFBILSZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/PDYZFBILSZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MailOnline Sport (@MailSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MailSport\/status\/1486836473664086021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/manager-of-arsenal-target-all-but-confirms-summer-emirates-switch\/\">Manager of Arsenal target all but confirms summer Emirates switch<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/further-business-incoming-arsenal-aston-villa-confirm-out-of-the-blue-defender-deal\/\">Further business incoming? Arsenal &amp; Aston Villa confirm out-of-the-blue defender deal<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A pair of updates surrounding the personnel situation at Premier League giants Arsenal have come to the fore late on Thursday evening. The first pertains to the future of on-loan defender William Saliba. Amid a starring stint back in his home country of France with Olympique Marseille, highly-regarded Gunners talent Saliba was once more [&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-7525","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\/7525","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=7525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}