Didier Deschamps who is the coach of the French National team has not always believed in William Saliba. He has been assuming the player despite the fact that he always calls him for international duty.
In most occasions, William Saliba has always been an unused substitute and many Arsenal fans even called out Didier Deschamps and told him not to call William Saliba if he knows that he will not use him and instead leave him to rest during the international breaks so that he can render his services to the Arsenal team when fresh and not fatigued.
William Saliba was given the opportunity to play at the centre back alongside Dayot Upamecano and later alongside Ibrahima Konate. The Arsenal centre back carried his best form from Arsenal and he continued with it to the National team.
He was named the Man of the Match in their game against Canada. He also helped France to keep a clean sheet because he is the only centre back who was not substituted because of his good performance.
William Saliba’s pass completion was 95%, his touches were 98, successful tackles were 2, won 8 duels and 1 interception. Nobody matched his statistics in the match.
He also played all the minutes in the game and won 100% of all his aerial duels. His performance impressed the Arsenal fans and they said that William Saliba has finally proven Didier Deschamps wrong and he now fully deserves to be integrated in the French National team.
They added that William Saliba is still very young and therefore he is part of the future of the French National team and he should start cementing his position as early as now.
The Arsenal fans also said that William Saliba never gets tired because he is the only Arsenal player who played every single game in the Premier League in the just concluded season and he has proven that he is still not yet tired.
They also added that keeping clean sheets is in William Saliba’s DNA because he is also the one who helped Arsenal to keep the most number of clean sheets in the Premier League that made David Raya to get the golden gloves.