Arsenal had an incredible summer 2019, which was regarded as one of the best they had in years and definitely the best business by a Premier League club beforehand to 2019/20 campaign.
Among the recruits, Nicolas Pepe was definitely the standout owing to the hefty price tag Arsenal paid to Lille to acquire his services and the fact they beat the likes of Bayern Munich for his signatures.
Although, young Gabriel Martinelli is proving to be the best arrival as of now, woth Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp dubbing the young Brazilian as ‘the talent of the century’.
Arsenal needed to get better of their defence and not only the supporters but also board realized how much they will have to invest in the back line. Arrival of David Luiz and Kieran Tierney turned out to be highlights of the deadline day, but yet they might not be the better of defensive recruits Raul Sanllenhi made this summer.
Eighteen-year-young French defender William Saliba is probably the best defender Arsenal have signed since Rob Holding. But he didn’t cost just couple of millions, Arsenal paid an hedty sum of £27 million to sign Saliba added to the fact that he won’t arrive at London Colney for another year.
But Arsenal fans are already excited about his potential arrival…
Saliba was sidelined for the opening seven league games owing to hamstring injury and Saint-Etienne struggled in his absence. After the run of four losses, two draws and only one win – Claude Puel’s side struggled to cope up without young Saliba, and since his return they’ve recorded four wins and a draw in five fixtures, with Saliba donning the defence in all of five games.
Frenchman’s latest contribution came against League’s top scorer Wasim Ben Yedder, as three points against Monaco life them just two points from second place and Arsenal fans can’t believe they have William Saliba joining forces next campaign.
It’s obviously frustrating that Saliba had to go back to France, but it’s such a relief to have the deal finalised. His price-tag could double between now & the end of the season. £27m seems more reasonable with each passing week. Incredible talent, I can’t believe he’s ours.
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) November 3, 2019
