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'Fed up' Arteta admits Saliba could leave Arsenal

Mikel Arteta says William Saliba could leave Arsenal in January and admits he is as unhappy as the defender about his current situation in north London.

The Gunners’ boss was responding to reports from France that Saliba is ‘fed up’ with his lack of football in north London.

The £25 million ($32m) signing from Saint-Etienne joined in 2019 before returning to his former club and spending the 2019-20 campaign on loan in France.

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Saliba was expected to play a key role this season, however, with many believing he and Gabriel Magalhaes, who arrived from Lille in the summer, would go on to form a new-look centre-back partnership under Arteta.