Center-back William Saliba returned to Arsenal last summer from Saint-Etienne, where he continued on loan after a full transfer to the Gunners' camp in 2019.

The management of the London club hoped that the 19-year-old Frenchman, for whom they paid 30 million euros, will become a player in the starting line-up this season, but the level of the player's play and training did not impress the Arsenal coaching staff.

Salib's unexpected regression after returning from Saint-Etienne, where he performed even better than Wesley Fofan, who is now successfully playing at Leicester, could not help but surprise, but, as journalist Kike Marin reports, there is a reason for this..

According to the source, Salib's father and mother died in a short period of time, which hit the young center-back hard emotionally and affected his level of performance..

Despite William's exclusion from the Premier League squad, Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta still relies on the Frenchman and is willing to give him time to adapt..