January 26, 2022 at 8:45 PM by Nicolas Toison
And OM have the best defense in Ligue 1 this season, with only 16 goals conceded in 21 games played, it is largely thanks to William Saliba. The native of Bondy is the player most used by the Marseille coach, Jorge Sampaoli. The central defender has had a string of good performances since his arrival in Marseille last summer. Six months from the end of his loan, what is his current value on the transfer market?
William Saliba in la cote sur le market
Loaned by Arsenal for the 2021-2022 season, the player did not need much time to adapt to OM. Product of the ASSE training center, he had already been loaned to OGC Nice the previous season. The Frenchman has a big rating on the transfer market. Transfermarkt estimate him at 24 million euros. Same story for the Football Observatory (CIES) which evaluates the player between 20 and 30 million euros. An estimate very close to the 30 million euros paid by the Gunners during the summer of 2019.
OM want to keep the central defender but…
William Saliba possessed a significant salary in the Olympian locker room, with its annual gross 3.24 million euros. The Marseille club wants to keep him but the matter seems complicated for several reasons. The first is that the current loan does not come with a purchase option. The second is that his contract binding him to the London club extends until June 2024. The last, and surely the most restrictive, is the recruitment ban imposed by FIFA. If OM’s appeal were to be rejected, this would make the operation impossible.
