William Saliba

Saliba dreams of winning Champions League with Arsenal

Saliba dreams of winning Champions League with Arsenal

William Saliba has expressed his dream of winning the UEFA Champions League with Arsenal, Afrosport reports. The Gunners are out of the FA Cup and EFL Cup and are 15 points behind Liverpool in the Premier League. This leaves the Champions League as their only realistic chance of silverware this season, and they already have one foot in the quarter-finals are defeating PSV Eindhoven 7-1 in...

Premier League: Tottenham cruise past West Ham; Arsenal suffer defeat at Bournemouth

Premier League: Tottenham cruise past West Ham; Arsenal suffer defeat at Bournemouth

Tottenham Hotspur were the biggest winners in the latest round of Premier League matches played on Saturday after they secured a comeback 4-1 win against London rivals West Ham United, while Arsenal suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth, Afroport reports. In the early kick-off played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Ghana international Mohammed Kudus gave the visitors the lead in the 18th minute, sweeping home...

PFA Awards: Saliba, Van Dijk & Watkins make Premier League Team of the Year

Manchester City and Arsenal players dominated the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Premier League Team of the Year announced during the PFA awards ceremony on Tuesday. Five players from the Gunners as well as four players from the title-winning City team made up the star-studded side, while one each from Liverpool and Aston Villa made up the XI. For Mikel Arteta's men, team captain Martin Odegaard and...

Euro 2024: France are not afraid of Belgium – Saliba

Euro 2024: France are not afraid of Belgium – Saliba

France centre-back William Saliba has stated that they are not afraid of anyone at Euro 2024 including their Round of 16 opponents, Belgium. Les Bleus were runners-up in Group D behind the Netherlands and will square up against Domenico Tedesco’s men who finished second as well in Group E. The highly-ranked teams in the FIFA standings will face off in Dusseldorf City on Monday and Saliba...

PL: Players of African heritage dominate Young Player of the Season Award shortlist

PL: Players of African heritage dominate Young Player of the Season Award shortlist

A quartet of African-born players made the final eight-man shortlist for the 2023–24 Premier League Young Player of the Season Award, which was announced on Thursday. Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka and Tottenham Hotspur defender Destiny Udogie, who are both of Nigerian descent, Manchester United midfield prodigy Kobbie Mainoo (Ghana), and Newcastle United’s forward Alexander Isak (Eritrea), have all been shortlisted alongside four others for the award....