TRENDING 1 of 8 NEWS WilliamSaliba-statement Arsenal Digital 01 Jul 2020 please log in to view this image Further to the news that William Saliba will not be extending his loan at St Etienne, we have the following statement: “Throughout our discussions with St Etienne, our aim has been to protect the welfare of William Saliba as well as the interests of Arsenal Football Club, while honouring the terms of the loan. "Despite the loan ending on June 30, we were willing to find a way for William to play in the [French] cup final on July 24, despite having no contractual obligation to do so. "As William is returning from injury, we asked that St Etienne follow a clear training plan with William in close collaboration with us, to ensure he is fully fit for the start of next season. "To our surprise we were unable to reach agreement to this plan which was proposed by our medical experts, and we are simply not prepared to risk the welfare of an Arsenal player. "While it was not our primary concern, and ultimately not relevant as our training plan was not accepted, we also expected not to be financially disadvantaged by extending the loan. This was also not acceptable to St Etienne. "We know this is a disappointment for William but he understands we are working to protect his long-term interests and those of Arsenal.”
I'm dissapointed that he couldn't play in the final, but if St Etienne are not willing to follow our training plan it's good that we didn't extend the loan. Could care less about the money
St Etiene being absolute bellends here. They wanted Arsenal to financially compensate them to play him in their Cup final.
My thoughts exactly, they should have accepted our terms. I just hope Saliba won't have abit of resentment for us missing out on a cup final for your boyhood club will hurt.
Yeah, stupid from St Etienne. If anything they should be paying us to extend his loan period. Sounds as though we weren't after any cash, just for him to follow our training regime. And allowing the lad to enjoy a cup final before he left. St Etienne have ****ed that up for him.
Hopefully we can get Saliba training with the 1st team squad as soon as possible even if he can't play matches
