Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Saturday, September 6, 2025 22:47 / Updated on Saturday, September 6, 2025:47
Bad news for Mikel Arteta: William Saliba's unavailability period (24) due to injury has been confirmed and is not a positive one, on the contrary. The French international was injured in heating in the last stage of Premier League, but initially thought he could play, but in the first seconds of home defeat with Liverpool (0-1), last Sunday, he realized that this is not possible.
The central defender will be missing from the ground between three and four weeks and will therefore miss seven matches of the “tunar”.
William Saliba is missing about a month and will miss important duels in the Premier League and Champions League
William Saliba/ Photo: Gulliver/ Gettyimages
It is certain that he will be missing in the parties with Nottingham Fores, and Manchester City in the Premier League, besides the first match of the UEFA Champions League groups with Athletic Bilbao and also the Vale duel in the England League Cup, according to Abola.pt.
If the worst scenario is confirmed and a whole month will be missing, it will not be available for the artery in the matches with Newcastle and West Ham in the championship, nor with Olympiakos in the Champions League. Due to the muscle injury, he also missed the cantonment of Deschamps, which he had removed from the France's lot, being one of the main variants in the defensive of his country.
Without Saliba, the Spanish technician should opt to join Christian Mosquera, the purchase of summer, Gabriel, the former Valencia player replacing the French in the match with Liverpool. As an alternative on the bench, Piero Hincapie, another purchase, is also available to debut, reminding that Ben White can play in this position, but is injured.
William Saliba is listed by specialized sites at 80 million euros. He has 137 matches for “Tunari”, 7 goals and 2 decisive passes in the three years spent at the London club. For the national team he has 28 matches.
