William Saliba's entourage 'discuss' Arsenal exit after Man Utd pipped rival to transfer

Arsenal defender William Saliba is attracting involvement from Real Madrid, who are successful the marketplace for a centre-back aft missing retired connected Leny Yoro to Mancheser United

Real Madrid are reportedly eyeing a summertime swoop for Arsenal defender William Saliba.

Saliba has developed into 1 of the champion centre-backs successful the world astatine Arsenal, having spent clip retired connected indebtedness astatine Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille earlier breaking into the archetypal squad nether Mikel Arteta.

And according to French outlet Le 10 Sport, Madrid person made Saliba their 'top priority' for adjacent summer. The study states that Madrid person already made interaction with Saliba's entourage to gauge his involvement successful a imaginable move.

It comes aft Madrid missed retired connected signing Leny Yoro, with the defender alternatively making a £58.7million determination to Manchester United. However, immoderate woody for Saliba volition beryllium costly arsenic Arsenal are unwilling to fto a cardinal subordinate permission and helium did motion a caller declaration past year.

"Honestly the determination was casual due to the fact that I had a truly bully play past season, but unluckily I didn't decorativeness it due to the fact that of injury," Saliba said aft extending his woody until 2027. "So I privation more. I privation to play much years for this astonishing club.

"I didn't execute thing yet, truthful I privation to triumph everything with this club. I deliberation we tin execute everything. Of course, it's casual to accidental this, but we person the coach, we person the character, we person the players and each twelvemonth the squad gets stronger.

"We person amended players with a bully mentality. We person a bully acquisition from the past play arsenic well. We cognize that the play is truthful long. So we are assured and we cognize we tin bash thing bully astatine this club."

And Arteta has been delighted with the concern Saliba has developed with Gabriel Magalhaes successful caller seasons, with the brace cardinal to Arsenal's success. "You person to spot the improvement time by day," helium said past month.

"Obviously we believed they could go truly good. That togetherness and chemistry is unique, it's thing that they built. It happened precise organically arsenic well. I'm precise arrogant to person them the level they are showing is incredible."

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