Speaking exclusively to Get French Football News, former France, ***** nal and Chelsea defender William Gallas remains of the view that William Saliba's performances for France are not at the same level as those for ***** nal.
Last time we spoke you said that William Saliba hadn't yet shown his ***** nal form for France. Has the World Cup changed your view on that? And how do you think ***** nal will cope without him?
His performance was not the same as he played for ***** nal.
He had a good performance. But what I've seen – and I know exactly because I was in that situation – if you remember during the World Cup, Saliba played on the left side.
And normally with ***** nal, he plays on the right side. So when he plays with ***** nal, you can see he has that confidence, because he knows that position very well, you know, right-footed, the movement looks like it's very simple and easy. When he plays on the left side, it's different because he has to be more focused because when he receives the ball, normally the ball has to be on his left foot, but because he's on the right foot, he has to control the ball differently.
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Last time we spoke you said that William Saliba hadn't yet shown his ***** nal form for France. Has the World Cup changed your view on that? And how do you think ***** nal will cope without him?
His performance was not the same as he played for ***** nal.
He had a good performance. But what I've seen – and I know exactly because I was in that situation – if you remember during the World Cup, Saliba played on the left side.
And normally with ***** nal, he plays on the right side. So when he plays with ***** nal, you can see he has that confidence, because he knows that position very well, you know, right-footed, the movement looks like it's very simple and easy. When he plays on the left side, it's different because he has to be more focused because when he receives the ball, normally the ball has to be on his left foot, but because he's on the right foot, he has to control the ball differently.
#arsenal
3 months ago