COUPE DE FRANCE – While Arsenal and AS Saint-Etienne failed to reach an agreement to allow him to play the final of the Coupe de France on Friday against PSG, William Saliba expressed his great disappointment in an interview with L’Equipe.
The discussions dragged on but finally Arsenal and AS Saint-Etienne left without reaching an agreement. William Saliba, loaned this season to ASSE, his training club, by the Gunners, will not play the final of the Coupe de France on Friday against PSG. However, the 19-year-old central defender would have greatly liked to play this farewell match with the Greens. “I hoped, hoped. Really. Even when it became impossible. Both clubs did everything to get me to play it. But they did not find an agreement. I was very disappointed“, he confided to The team.
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The native of Bondy, bought around 30 million euros in the summer of 2019 by Arsenal, believes to be “gone like a thief“. “I couldn’t miss it. As I will not have the chance to play it, I want to at least feel this final more closely, by supporting my team at the stadium. In front of the television, it is not the same. It was important to me to be there, hoping to see the Greens win. It will also allow me to say goodbye to my teammates properly“, he added.
While ASSE for a time thought it had the green light from the Gunners, the tenth Premier League ended negotiations in early July. “As the player was coming back from injury, we asked Saint-Etienne to follow a clear recovery plan, working with us, to make sure he resumes the next Premier League season in perfect condition., explained the London club in a press release. But to our surprise, we could not find an agreement on this plan, proposed by our medical staff. Also, we didn’t want to be financially disadvantaged by extending the loan. ” Far from qualifying places for the European Cup, Arsenal will count on William Saliba to redundant from next season.
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