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Mikel Arteta speaks on William Saliba’s return to fitness ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Slavia Prague.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:01 Sad news regarding Jesus de Miguel. Heartbreaking what happened, to see a colleague lose his life in such a manner is beyond words.
0:51 Saliba return? He’s in a really good place. It’s all been very, very positive. His evolution has been as expected. He played 45 minutes behind closed doors last week.
1:32 Zubimendi is still so important to us. He’s had some bad luck. His energy and application is unquestionable.
2:20 Saliba feels very desperate and very loved.
2:52 Delicate injury? Yes, but now you are in or not. Now he’s in, and he’s in like anybody else.
3:32 Well, it’s another year in his career, and he’s shown that every time he’s played with us, he has a lot to offer.
4:00 Fleetwood? That’s a chapter that is gone. It’s a moment of learning from all of us, and we move on.
4:42 Merino and Zubimendi? They are playing a pivotal role, so before we don’t know the players that are starting, obviously that’s something else.
5:28 Yes, and accepting the role on the day, and everybody wants to start games, but I think this season and last season we have experienced some incredible moments by the players that have come in, and that’s going to be quite important, especially when you play every 72 hours.
5:53 Saliba surgery? That’s more for a specialist than to me, but they looked at every option.
6:37 Saliba relationship changed? I think we always had a really honest relationship, I would say. Probably better now because he’s played a lot, we’ve been together and have success together, and obviously that creates a bond between two people.
7:30 Ezri Konsa now Saliba is back? So far we haven’t had that luxury, I wouldn’t call it a problem. We can talk about problems that are very different to that one.
8:22 Needed to lift Dowman? Yeah, but I think we’ve all done that because that’s the way you feel about somebody.
9:11 Needed to sit down with Max? I sit down with him and I just say, have you seen my press conference? What do you think? Just honest with him. He’s public so we just have this kind of relationship.
10:15 Isak & Timber penalty incident? Yeah, I have a lot of clips about shirts pull and grabs. I have a massive library that we can talk about. We’re talking about one in particular. I have a massive library that we can throw there to remind everybody what every team is going through.
10:54 Slavia last year? Yeah, I watch it back twice. It’s tough because it’s a really good team, extremely well coached. Obviously they’ve been almost 10 years together now.
11:23 Rice best midfielder in England? It’s not for me to get into that debate. I love our players and Mikel is one of them, a super important player.
11:50 Slavia manager? He’s ahead of me because it’s been 10 years now, so it’s a long time. That tells you the quality of the person because to stay for 10 years somewhere you need to do a lot of things right.
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