Champion of England after so much waiting with Arsenal, William Saliba can now fully enjoy. In an interview with the newspaper The Teamthe Blues defender returned to this historic coronation with the Gunners. He also commented on the criticism aimed at his team’s style of play, often associated with this image of super losers in recent seasons.
“There was a lot of mockery. Even when we were first, they said we were going to falter at one point. It’s bullshit, it’s football, if you want to change that, you just have to win. We won and they can’t talk anymore. The first season I arrived (2022/2023), we played incredible football, that’s the season where I said we deserved the title. As usual, people made fun of us, we were 2nd. The second season, we were also 2nd, and last season, we played quite well, we also came 2nd. This season, I don’t agree with what people are saying, like we’re a team that clears. We also play ball, except that it’s true that we score a lot more from set pieces, it’s crazy. And now, in the Premier League, you see that everyone is taking long throws, playing from corners… It’s not just us, it’s just that we score more than the others.
