Arsenal ‘Shocked’ By William Saliba’s Wage Demands Which Could Force The Gunners To Sell The Defender In The Summer Amid PSG Interest

May 31, 2023 at 2:46 PM

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Arsenal ‘Shocked’ By William Saliba’s Wage Demands Which Could Force The Gunners To Sell The Defender In The Summer Amid PSG Interest

Arsenal has allegedly been upset by demands made by William Saliba’s representatives in the defender’s ongoing contract negotiations amid concerns that French champions Paris Saint-Germain would make a move for the star. Saliba’s contract was extended by Arsenal earlier this season by triggering an one-year extension, although it only has only 12 months to run on it.

Since before the World Cup, the club has been in discussions with William Saliba’s agents; nevertheless, no deal has yet been agreed. The Sun reports that Arsenal is willing to triple the 22-year-old’s current weekly salary of £40,000 in order to guarantee the defender’s long-term employment, which is not being accepted by the player’s agents.

William Saliba
With PSG lurking around to pounce on William Saliba, Arsenal are have been taken aback by the defender’s massive wage demands. Credits: Twitter

Arsenal ready to take brutal action and offload William Saliba if no agreement is reached

Since being purchased for £27 million as a teenager in the summer of 2019, William Saliba has not agreed to better terms. And after a string of loan terms at Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille, Saliba was finally introduced in Arsenal’s first-team set-up this season by Mikel Arteta.

Saliba excelled on an individual basis and assisted the team in recording 11 Premier League clean sheets and proved to be a crucial component of Arteta’s title contenders this season, before bowing out due to a season-ending injury which resulted in the Gunners’ title race collapse.

However, Arsenal reportedly worries that William Saliba may receive a greater offer from PSG in an effort to convince him to join the French champions since they don’t want to take the chance of losing him for free the following summer. The Parisians are looking to revamp their squad this summer and a great influx of young players is being anticipated.

William Saliba
Arsenal however are not ready to risk William Saliba leaving for free when his contract expires at the end of the next season. Credits: Twitter

As a result, they have marked William Saliba as one of their targets for the summer market, with the defender well-versed with the Ligue 1. Arsenal are now working nonstop in order to strike a deal and put an end to the uncertainty around their crucial defender.

According to reports, Saliba receives one of the lowest salaries among the first-team players at the Emirates. To honour his contribution to the squad and put him on par with players like Ben White, Aaron Ramsdale, and Oleksandr Zinchenko, Arsenal admits they must give him a sizable rise. However, the demands from Saliba’s agents, which are allegedly nowhere near the £120,000 price on the table, have apparently startled the Gunners.

Moreover, Arsenal’s offer is a far cry from the kind of money that PSG might offer the France international, especially if they could get him at a bargain price with only one year left on his deal. However, Arteta is convinced Saliba will sign new contracts, but only when the timing is perfect. In order to capitalise on their successful season, Arsenal recently handed new contracts to Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Magalhaes and Aaron Ramsdale.

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