The French have a chance to earn a place in the first XI (Image: Getty)

Mikel Arteta said that William Saliba is planning for next season and promised to give defenders a chance to become the star of Arsenal’s first team.

The 21-year-old has been struggling since joining the Gunners in a £27m move in 2019 and remains boss of the club after returning to Saint-Etienne and moving to Nice and Marseille shortly after. ..

His impressive performance in the south of France last season had a hint he had booked to earn a place for Didier Deschamps’ national team and return to Arsenal.

Saliba wants regular football with the first team in the World Cup, having previously had limited opportunities with Arteta, but the Arsenal manager says the situation is different this time.

Arsenal said of the Gunners’ pre-season American tour: We can’t guarantee first-team football for this team, anyone can ask that question.

What we really see and think guarantees us to go to the next level. They play a long time.

“He has the right talent and he showed what he can do last year. But in football, what he does the next day is important. Everyone does three or a month. What you did is not that important. What you do is important. Tomorrow he has a chance to play”.

Mikel Arteta promises that William Saliba will be the star of Arsenal's first team

Saliba needs to get rid of Ben White and Gabrieu Magallaes (Picture: Getty)

Arteta claims that he and Saliba are always on the same page in the Defender’s development journey at Arsenal, and he thinks his loan spell comes in handy.

He continued. “The communication and honesty that we had with each other was always very clear. I never promised the minutes.

“I knew exactly what to expect from the beginning, so I decided to wait a few months. [to see] Has this situation changed? We had to make a decision and we made the right call. Six months and the following year she left.

“I think he has improved in a lot of areas, mainly because he got big minutes last year. He played at a very good level.

He was brought up in another coach and another league, and now it’s about the way we want to play and put it all in our league, it’s a very different context. You have to prove it now.

“I think he looks very confident and has gained confidence abroad all the time. This is very important. Remember how old he is still. How many players his age do you play center back for the big clubs in the Premier League? “

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