Arsenal: Aubameyang and Lacazette celebrate cup win with Saliba
William Saliba is reportedly expected to join St Etienne on loan for a second time in January after a frustrating few months in north London.Arsenalagreed a deal worth £27million with St Etienne back in July 2019 to sign Saliba, but he is yet to feature this season after not being allowed to return to France for another year.
William Saliba has been stuck on the sidelines this season after being kept on by Arsenal (Image: GETTY)
The report states that there was an attempt in the summer from the Ligue 1 side to bring Saliba back on loan.
And that has been all but confirmed by St Etienne captain Loic Perrin, who told French media this week that Saliba was desperate to make the move months ago.
St Etienne are still believed to be keen to make the move happen.
But their main concern from the French club is that Arsenal’s recent poor form may see Arteta finally give the 19-year-old a run out in a bid to turn their fortunes around.
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"At the moment, with the amount of central defenders we have in the team, we had to leave him out of the squad, which is painful.
"Now we have some injuries and we could have used him but this is part of the profession."
He added: "We certainly tried in the last few days of the transfer window to find the right club but we could not.
"We will review the situation in the next few weeks and sit down with him and see what is the best thing to do. But it will depend on him and other players' situations as well."