{"id":624468,"date":"2023-06-18T04:38:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T08:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=624468"},"modified":"2023-06-18T04:42:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T08:42:01","slug":"arsenal-agree-new-william-saliba-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/18\/arsenal-agree-new-william-saliba-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Here We Go: Arsenal Agree New Four-Year Contract With \u00a340K-P\/W Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal have verbally agreed a new contract for William Saliba, confirms\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1669676809925820416?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. This comes after the Gunners announced new contracts for vital first-team players\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/21\/arsenal-new-bukayo-saka-contract-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bukayo Saka<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and Aaron Ramsdale in recent months.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Agree New William Saliba Contract<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Documents approved, details fixed \u2014 William Saliba will sign new long term deal at Arsenal as expected after final talks revealed last weekend, here we go \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34\ud83c\udfc1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Understand Saliba will put pen to paper when he returns from holidays. New deal: June 2027 with option 2028. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2dsoOD9pUB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2dsoOD9pUB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1669676809925820416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saliba to Put Pen to Paper on New Four-Year Deal<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The French centre-back had a highly impressive debut campaign as a first-team regular under Mikel Arteta last season, playing a vital role in helping them compete for the Premier League title before\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/04\/17\/saliba-injury-cost-arsenal-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saliba&#8217;s injury<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0derailed things towards the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/15\/arsenal-declan-rice-offer-rejected\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Face Competition for Declan Rice Signing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Romano has given his &#8220;here we go&#8221; to this deal. He adds that documents have been approved by both parties for the 22-year-old to sign a new long-term deal. The London side have also inserted a clause with an option to further extend the contract until June 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saliba currently earns wages of\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/epl\/arsenal-fc\/william-saliba-32466\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a3 40k per week<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which will likely increase with the new extension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"I_gWhClPQNZWj6qCZF6u4A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1472413247\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'I_gWhClPQNZWj6qCZF6u4A',sig:'eGOrsiDpvnVOtqt_m-SDJHqwQxQMZDJgp405bFrO27Y=',w:'594px',h:'381px',items:'1472413247',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Saliba Gunning to Make Strong Comeback Next Season<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 22-year-old missed a chunk of the Gunners&#8217; end-of-season matches due to the injury he suffered in their UEFA Europa League Round of 16 clash against Sporting CP. He will be pushing to make a return to form for the London side when they assemble for pre-season training in July and then get back to his fittest when the Premier League starts in August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/24\/arsenal-looking-sign-ilkay-gundogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Trying to Sign Ilkay Gundogan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saliba made 27 appearances last season in the Premier League, helping Arsenal keep 12 clean sheets, with the defender scoring two goals. His aggressive, commanding defensive style helped him form a solid partnership with Gabriel Magalhaes. The Frenchman will aim to pick up from where he left off and help his side launch an even stronger Premier League title challenge in the 2023\/24 campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/94337649@N04\/39708088630\/in\/photolist-23uSkkL-bpkdVj-bpkfbL-bpkgdW-oS45PX-vjxsWN-EFYb4-pnaAvR-aMejgP-aMej6P-7bbWfK-vmbYTF-EFXCv-k8Hj5p-hWKAFm-2m5TvND-8Wc1iu-bCfbu2-aMe8PM-aMemee-hw7hsT-gZQz9d-QBHQds-7cD73w-hRUwbS-gZRyTP-qqXQnZ-6skXcH-otegbz-ppMsSX-owzxhU-ciABpw-rBLeMU-e3U97G-z5JgCp-dNrdKd-pJGESG-26AaQ1z-cTSxHd-VpDM6G-qmBaXu-3xtKJH-BsjMCz-wPsXXy-dWiEL3-bjZ6KF-hLR9K1-fvTwfa-iaSFZf-vvSKZb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Hunter\u00a0from Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have verbally agreed a new contract for William Saliba, confirms\u00a0Fabrizio Romano. This comes after the Gunners announced new contracts for vital first-team players\u00a0Bukayo Saka\u00a0and Aaron Ramsdale in recent months. Arsenal Agree New William Saliba Contract Documents approved, details fixed \u2014 William Saliba will sign new long term deal at Arsenal as expected after final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":624507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,30],"tags":[3538,3825],"class_list":["post-624468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-arsenal","category-news","tag-arsenal-contracts","tag-william-saliba"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}