William Saliba is now set to miss the French Cup final with Saint Etienne (Getty Images)Saint-Etienne have hit out at Arsenal as William Saliba will no longer play in the French Cup final later this month. On Tuesday, Mikel Arteta gave his blessing for Saliba to play in the final and indicated that an agreement had been reached between Arsenal and Saint-Etienne. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut the French club now claim that Saliba will not feature due to Arsenal’s absolutely unacceptable sports and financial conditions’. William Saliba has spent the season on loan at Saint-Etienne (Getty Images)A statement from Saint-Etienne read: ‘AS Saint-Etienne was pleased to learn yesterday Tuesday that Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach, was ready to leave William Saliba at the disposal of the club until the final of the Coupe de France, July 24. ‘William Saliba had been training for several days with Claude Puel’s group and was obviously very enthusiastic about the idea of finishing his course in Green with such a match.
Source: Metro July 01, 2020 06:45 UTC