Arsenal defender William Saliba has received Ligue 1’s Younger Participant of the Yr award following his performances for Marseille this season.
The 21-year-old joined Arsenal in a £27 million deal from Saint-Etienne in July 2019 however is but to make a first-team look for the Gunners.
Final summer time, Mikel Arteta allowed Saliba to hitch Marseille on mortgage and the centre-back has delivered a number of spectacular performances in Ligue 1 this time period.
On Sunday night, Saliba was topped Ligue 1’s Younger Participant of the Yr and obtained the award from former Marseille, Liverpool and France striker Djibril Cisse at a ceremony in Paris.
Saliba completed high of the votes forward of Arnaud Kalimuendo, who spent a second season on mortgage at Lens from Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon centre-back Castello Lukeba, PSG left-back Nuno Mendes, who's on mortgage from Portuguese aspect Sporting and Good midfielder Khephren Thuram, who's the son of France’s World Cup winner Lilian.
Saliba follows Monaco’s Aurelien Tchouameni, who was named Ligue 1’s Younger Participant of the Yr final season, whereas Kylian Mbappe, Eden Hazard, Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane additionally received award throughout their careers.
The on-loan Arsenal defender was additionally included in Ligue 1’s Group of the Season alongside Mbappe, Tchouameni and his Marseille teammate Dimitri Payet.
Saliba, in the meantime, admits his future continues to be up within the air forward of his return to Arsenal this summer time.
‘Because the first match [with Marseille], I've been very effectively obtained,’ Saliba mentioned on Sunday.
‘I don’t remorse for a minute coming right here, I thank all of the supporters, the employees, and my teammates.’
Asled if he'll keep at Marseille for one more season, Saliba replied: ‘We’ll see, solely time will inform.’
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