William Saliba (2)

Yes, based on what we paid for Ben White and the level of talent he’s worth more.

Seems a bit mad for Saliba to be earning more than Martinelli, but I don’t care - he’s a monster.

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1667446630818119680?s=46&t=AXaXFdGpC85RzXwk6DBMgA

https://twitter.com/olly_a_informer/status/1667455786811895809?s=46&t=AXaXFdGpC85RzXwk6DBMgA

COYG

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Great, letting him go was not an option IMO

Generational talent and the sky is the limit for him

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https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1667479412063850497

Ornsteeeeein

fresh terms will tie him down until at least 2027, amid strong interest from PL + abroad :fire:

I wonder which PL clubs were in for him…

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This officially makes paying 30 million for him as a teenager and loaning him back to France genius.

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Orny bomb, delightful.

I always give number 2 to Tomiyasu on FIFA. :laca:

Siiiuuuuuuuuuu

This is huge, the best summer signing we could have made.

Even if this doesn’t work out and his back injury is a career ruiner, the club made the right call to gamble on him.

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Amazing news!

Generational talent. This is arguably the closest ‘like a new signing’ feeling. With our core players tied down, I can’t see us finishing outside the top 3 for a long time now, regardless of what our opposition do in the summer.

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Credit to Edu and co, this shit got locked down much sooner than I thought :saliba2:

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Always, from the very start, thought that was a great move and we should be doing deals like that more often.

That’s how many new contracts sorted out in the past year?

Nketiah, Gabriel, Martinelli, Saka, Ramsdale, Nelson and now Saliba. And they’re also working on tying down Odegaard and White next.

Contract renewals aren’t getting nowhere near the recognition transfers do.

We’re essentially convincing some of the best players we’ve had in a long fucking time that haven’t in reached their fucking peak yet to commit their future here.
It’s big financial commitment from the club which shows their ambition.
Ownership and management deserve huge credit.

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Wonderfull news. I will celebrate this with a few beers at tage pub. Our most important signing this summer imo. All hail King Tets

Massive news. As with Saka I don’t love the idea of a four year deal but that’s just a detail.

We’ve got the entire group together for the next 3-4 years. Now we need to be killers in the market this summer and add 3-4 big pieces to that group.

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So good.

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Snubbed Real Madrid apparently

https://twitter.com/gunnersc0m/status/1667501420059189248?s=46&t=AXaXFdGpC85RzXwk6DBMgA

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Massive news!

Odegaard probably told him they’re not all that. :grinning:

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