{"id":30411,"date":"2019-07-19T11:53:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T10:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-177711-521788.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=30411"},"modified":"2019-07-19T11:53:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T10:53:40","slug":"william-saliba-to-arsenal-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefootballfanbase.com\/william-saliba-to-arsenal-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"LATEST: Arsenal have agreed on a deal to sign &#8216;this&#8217; top-class defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-177711-521788.cloudwaysapps.com\/category\/england\/premier-league-news\/arsenal\/\">Arsenal<\/a> have reportedly agreed on a deal to sign 18-year-old French centre-back William Saliba.<\/p>\n<p>William Saliba currently plays for Ligue 1 side St Etienne and during the 2018-19 season, the centre-back managed to play in only 16 league games for the French side.<\/p>\n<p>But despite making limited appearances, the youngster has caught the attention of a number of top European clubs and at one point it was being believed that Spurs were actually close to signing the defender.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple reports had claimed that Mauricio Pochettino was on the verge of signing William Saliba but clearly the Gunners have beaten them to the race.<\/p>\n<p>And now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11670\/11766234\/arsenal-agree-deal-with-saint-etienne-to-sign-william-saliba\">Sky Sports<\/a> are reporting that Arsenal have agreed on a deal to sign William Saliba.<\/p>\n<p>The report suggests: <em>&#8220;Arsenal have reached an agreement in principle with Saint-Etienne to sign defender William Saliba, Sky Sports News understands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The deal will see Saliba return to the Ligue 1 side on loan next season.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is without a doubt a great signing for the Gunners and the transfer fee is expected to be in the region of \u00a327 Million.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans have voiced their concerns regarding the fact that Emery has chosen to spend such a huge chunk of money on a player who will be loaned out next season and to a certain extent they are right.<\/p>\n<p>It has been well publicised that Arsenal only have about \u00a345 million to spend this summer and to use a big part of it to sign William Saliba might not look very pleasing to the eye.<\/p>\n<p>But William Saliba is obviously very highly rated in the French footballing circuit with journalist Mohamed Bouhafsi even going as far as comparing him to Kylian Mbappe.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe is the only player in the French set-up who is in the age class two times higher than a player would typically be. 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