Great results in the previous part of the season meant that Arsenal will be at the summit of the Premier League until 2023, and the club’s management, aware that one of the important steps is to preserve the backbone of the team, made the first ‘winter’ steps in strengthening the foundations of the current team.The primary goal from Mikel Arteta’s perspective is to extend the contracts of players who are projected to play important roles in the coming period, and whose mandate is nearing the end. One of them is William Saliba, a French sweeper who has become an important part of the London club’s defense this season.Save Arsenal for last: EPL leaders are about to take down the Seagulls for the perfect closure of 2022″We have several players whose contracts are expiring, and with whom we are willing to continue our cooperation. William is one of them. During his time with us, he has shown the quality and character that we want. We are trying to extend his contract because we know that he can be really an important part of our plans,” Mikel Arteta said.In order to avoid the possible departure of the stopper without compensation, Arsenal activated the clause on the extension of cooperation. It is certain that the Gunners will talk to the Frenchman about a long-term pen-to-paper in the coming period.##NAJAVA_MECA_6917018##Along with the sweeper, Charlie Patino, a talented midfielder who is gaining experience on loan in Blackpool, had his contract also extended, until the summer of 2025. In the following period, along with new talks with Saliba, initial negotiations are also expected with Bukayo Saka, a footballer who is also an important part of the North London team, whose contract expires in a year and a half.Saliba arrived at Arsenal in 2019 from Saint-Etienne, and after a series of loans, he established himself in the ranks of the Premier League leaders, for whom he played 18 games in the current season and scored two goals with one assist.
