Arsenal star William Saliba will return to Marseille next season, claims Matteo Guendouzi

William Saliba had prompt he would return to Arsenal (Image: L’Equipe)

William Saliba has Marseille ‘in his coronary heart’ and can play for the membership subsequent season as a substitute of returning to Arsenal.

That’s based on Gunners midfielder Matteo Guendouzi, who says he's attempting to influence the defender to stay in France.

Saliba prompt final week that he would return to the Emirates this summer season to compete for a spot in Mikel Arteta’s beginning XI.

‘I belong to Arsenal, I nonetheless have two years left there. I might be there for pre-season,’ stated Saliba.

Saliba impressed on mortgage at Marseille (Photograph by David Value/Arsenal FC through Getty Pictures)

The Frenchman, a £30m signing from St-Etienne in 2019, is but to play a single sport for Arsenal however he loved a powerful mortgage spell with Marseille final season.

However Guendouzi, who additionally spent final season on mortgage from Arsenal to Marseille and is ready to finish a everlasting transfer to the membership, thinks Saliba will stay within the south of France subsequent season.

‘William [Saliba] now has Marseille in his coronary heart,’ stated Guendouzi.

‘I’m certain that he’ll come again to Marseille subsequent season.

‘I’m going to maintain pushing in order that he stays with us.’

Talking about his personal need to stay on the membership, Guendouzi says he’s blissful in Marseille and that’s mirrored in his return to France’s nationwide crew.

‘I couldn’t have hoped for a greater season than the one which I spent with Marseille.

‘With the French nationwide crew as nicely, it's fairly merely my greatest season as knowledgeable.’

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