Arsenal’s William Saliba says one thing is stopping him from becoming the ‘best defender in the world’

William Saliba believes helium is presently 1 of the apical players connected the satellite but is ‘missing’ 1 happening from becoming the undisputed ‘best defender successful the world’.

Arsenal’s centre-back has emerged arsenic 1 of the standout players successful the Premier League implicit the past 2 years, starring successful the club’s rubric situation successful 2022-23 pursuing respective indebtedness spells distant from the Gunners.

Saliba’s power astatine the Emirates Stadium was even much important past term, erstwhile helium became the archetypal outfield subordinate successful the club’s past to play each infinitesimal of a Premier League campaign.

The 23-year-old is 1 fractional of a formidable centre-back concern with Brazilian Gabriel that helped Arsenal finish conscionable 2 points down champions Manchester City past season and boast the champion antiaircraft grounds successful England.

Given Saliba’s signifier for Arsenal, it is nary astonishment that helium has go a regular for France, racking up 23 planetary caps and featuring heavy for Les Bleus during Euro 2024.

Saliba is assured helium is ‘on his way’ to becoming the ‘best defender successful the world’ but says successful bid to instrumentality the adjacent measurement helium indispensable archetypal go a regular trophy winner, having failed to assistance immoderate large silverware for nine oregon country.

‘I person been connected the close way for some seasons, chiefly past season,’ Saliba told Fox Sports Mexico. ‘I’m possibly connected my mode to becoming the champion defender successful the world.

‘I deliberation I’m 1 of the champion astatine the moment, but to accidental that I person to triumph immoderate titles. I deliberation that’s what I’m missing close now.

‘If you triumph titles, you’re bully and if you don’t, you can’t accidental you’re the best. That’s what I believe. I’m 1 of the champion successful the world.’

Arsenal person already kept 3 cleanable sheets successful the Premier League this season, their one conceded extremity coming against Brighton erstwhile they were down to 10 men earlier the planetary break.

The Gunners beryllium second, 2 points down Manchester City, up of their travel to the Etihad Stadium connected Sunday.

Saliba previews Man City v Arsenal clash

Looking up to the much-anticipated clash, Saliba added: ‘Of course, we privation to vie against Manchester City arsenic we person done [in] the past 2 seasons but we cognize we person to bash more.

‘As I said, we person to vie against City but we besides person to bash it against the different teams due to the fact that it’s not conscionable against City. 

‘If you triumph against them but not against others it doesn’t mean anything. So, of people we privation to triumph this play and we volition springiness everything to triumph but it’s not the extremity connected Sunday.’

Manchester City are the lone squad successful England’s apical 4 leagues not to driblet immoderate points truthful acold this play arsenic they question a record-extending 5th successive Premier League trophy.

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