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Arsenal close in on new defender – but there's a catch
But the deal comes with a catch. According to N, Arsenal will pay 25m for the 18-year-old, but are willing to send him back on loan to Saint-Etienne for the season in order to further his development. Saint-Etienne did a similar deal with Chelsea when they sold Kurt Zouma in 2014, and more recently we saw Liverpool allow Naby Keita to spend an extra season at RB Leipzig before moving to Anfield. Given Arsenal's need for a centre-back immediately, with concerns about Laurent Koscielny's fitness and Shkodran Mustafi's form, it's unclear whether Saliba would be their only central defensive signing of the summer. If he is, it seems like a tacit endorsement of Arsenal's current young...
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