Arsenal signs key defender Saliba until 2030: contract details.

Mikel Arteta's Plan

According to The Sun: Mikel Arteta aims to avoid the mistakes made by Arsène Wenger during his time managing Arsenal. Yesterday, the club's coach signed a new deal with target player from Real Madrid, William Saliba.

A 24-year-old French center-back has confirmed that he will stay at Arsenal until 2030, strengthening the team's defense line.

Ending the Loss of Stars

The loss of key players such as Ashley Cole, Patrick Vieira, and Thierry Henry seems to be in the past. In recent years, Arteta and the club's management have focused on building a team capable of competing for trophies.

Over the six years under his management, Arsenal has spent over 1 billion pounds on new players and signing contracts with stars like Martin Ødegaard and Ben White, who have already extended their deals until 2028.

This summer, Gabriel signed a contract until 2029, and young talents Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri have signed deals until 2030. Bukayo Saka, 24, is currently in negotiations for a new contract, which expires in two years.

Signing Saliba demonstrates Arsenal's strength in the transfer market.

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Arteta often repeats:

“Everyone wants to play for Arsenal right now.”

Replacing such a top player as Saliba in the current market conditions will be practically impossible.

Shearer's Feedback on Arteta

Alan Shearer believes Mikel Arteta must “win major trophies” this season, or he may face consequences.

The Arsenal manager has finished second in the Premier League three times in a row, and his team trails league leader Liverpool by five points ahead of the match against Newcastle, despite spending over 240 million pounds this summer.

Shearer, Newcastle's all-time top scorer, noted:

“They spent huge money this summer, but it only adds to the pressure. They must win major trophies, and we know what will happen if they don't.”

Lessons from the Past

If Arteta fails, players may start to doubt the club's ambitions. This has happened before during Wenger's time, when three years after the Invincibles title, the team began to fall apart.

This was explained by the need to replace aging stars, but Vieira and Henry were still too young to let go.

Contract issues and financial discrepancies during the transition from Highbury to Emirates only exacerbated the situation.

Contracts for Arsenal

• Martin Ødegaard — SIGNED — 2028
• Ethan Nwaneri — SIGNED — 2030
• Gabriel Magalhães — SIGNED — 2029
• Myles Lewis-Skelly — SIGNED — 2030
• Ben White — SIGNED — 2028
• William Saliba — UNFINISHED SIGNING — 2030
• Bukayo Saka — NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS — TBD

Arsenal is now as close to winning the title as it has been since 2004, and they cannot afford to repeat old mistakes.

After three consecutive second-place finishes, no contract should be left unattended, and no great player should doubt their goals.

When club legend Thierry Henry left Arsenal in 2007, he expressed concern that the team was losing top players without proper replacements.

However, the situation has changed. Saliba is also optimistic, as he plays alongside talented players, and the team's active transfer market policy has allowed Arsenal to form one of the strongest squads in the world.

New sporting director Andrea Berta is actively working on contract signings and implementing a successful player recruitment strategy this summer, ensuring the team has equivalent players in every position.

If Wenger had Berta after the Invincibles, perhaps the situation would have been different.

Now Arsenal has a bright future with an impression that trophies are inevitable, and Saliba feels it.