Arsenal in talks with Championship clubs over Saliba loan move

Arsenal are working on a deal to send William Saliba on loan to the Championship.

The teenage defender has yet to feature this season and has been left out of Mikel Arteta's 25-man Europa League squad that was revealed on Thursday.

That means Saliba - who Arsenal signed for £27m ($35m) from Saint-Etienne in 2019 and spent last season back on loan at the Ligue 1 side - will be unable to play in the group stages of Europe’s second-tier competition.

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And with appearances in the Premier League looking unlikely, Arsenal believe it will be better for the young centre back’s development if he went out on loan to play regularly this season rather than just stay training with Arteta’s squad.