Phenomenal Arsenal defender has been ‘humbled’

William Saliba has been impressive in his Arsenal debut.

The French defender played his first Arsenal game last week since his arrival at the Emirates in 2019.

He was sent out on loan on three several occasions and was even named Marseille’s Player of the Year last season.

He had a tremendous game against Palace last week and Rio Ferdinand lauded Arsenal for perfectly handling the defender with various loan spells.

“I don’t know if he needed it, but I think that when he went away it humbled him. He came to Arsenal and you expect to play. He was talked about as being that good. They said ‘no, go away and get some experience’ he was the Young Player of the Year in Ligue 1 last season and was phenomenal in that sense,” Ferdinand said.

“He came back and said he’s not playing at right-back, he stuck Ben White at right-back. Saliba comes back and it takes a personality and a character to come in and say ‘right, I’m here’. But you have to reseve judgement on these players, you can’t judge them on one game.”

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