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08-01-2021 | 19:25 Football
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William Saliba breaks silence on what Mikel Arteta told him before Arsenal loan exit

William Saliba has admitted that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told him he wasn't prepared for first team football, before the club decided to loan him to Nice. The centre-back joined the French side on loan for the remainder of the season, after failing to make a single Premier League appearance for the Gunners. At his official unveiling to the press, via GFFN, Saliba said: "My first six months were difficult, because I was coming from six months where I wasn’t able to train because I was at home (pandemic), and couldn’t train outside, couldn’t play. "I arrived there as they were finishing the league season, so I was training alone. As soon as they came back from holidays, we quickly had the first friendly matches where I lacked rhythm and was a bit insufficient physically. "The coach [Arteta] immediately told me that I was not ready. I would have at least liked to have a chance to rediscover my rhythm. But this is football, it’s like that." Source- football.london Join us on Telegram!

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