William Saliba is “ready” to become a star at Arsenal, says Saint-Etienne boss Claude Puel, with the Gunners considered to have been in need of a reliable option at centre-half “for some time”.
The north London outfit have continued to bolster their ranks in that department during recent windows, but little value has been found.
Questions are already being asked of how long David Luiz will stick around at Emirates Stadium, with the experienced Brazilian having only been snapped up from Chelsea in 2019. The likes of Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Shkodran Mustafi have also failed to convince when given regular game time, while Calum Chambers has endured form and fitness issues.