🚨 William Saliba has opened up about the loss of his mother in 2019, shortly after joining Arsenal. 💔
🗣️ Saliba: "I had cost €30M and found myself playing with the U23s. It was difficult. My morale was really low because I knew that even if I trained well, I wasn't going to play.
"With the loss of my mother, nothing was going right. Everything was hard. She was everything to me and, thankfully, I had great people around me. It was the worst year of my life."
Atef Konaté, a close friend of Saliba, added:
🗣️ Atef Konaté: "William never went to the coach to tell him that he had lost the most important person in his life.
"Partly because he didn't speak English very well at the time, but mainly because he kept telling me: 'If I have to play, it won't be out of pity.'"
An incredibly difficult period in his life. ❤️🇫🇷
(Source: L'Équipe)
¡¡EL FÚTBOL TIENE MEJORES HISTORIAS QUE EL CINE!!
✅ En 1994, Alfie Haaland, Goran Sorloth y Erik Thorstvedt jugaron con la Selección de Noruega en una Copa del Mundo celebrada en Estados Unidos.
✅ En 2026, Erling Haaland, Alexander Sorloth y Kristian Thorstvedt jugaron con la Selección de Noruega en una Copa del Mundo celebrada en Estados Unidos.
Padres e hijos representando a su país en el torneo más importante que existe. El círculo se completó, señoras y señores.
FÚTBOL EN LA SANGRE.
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Gabriel Magalhaes fought back tears while looking back on the difficult road to professional football, thanking his family for their unwavering belief and support throughout his journey.
He also bigs up every Arsenal fan for the support shown to him since his Arsenal debut and also during and after the Champions League final.
We love you, Gabi. ❤️🫡
😭🇮🇪 Roy Keane delivered another classic line on the Overlap today and had Gary Neville and Ian Wright in stitches:
🗣️ Keane: “Gary was telling me he went through a bad spell of form after the EUROs for about 6 months because of relationship issues. WOW. Really? WOW.”
🗣️ Neville: “I obviously had a captain at the time who I didn’t feel I could go to.” 😂
🗣️ Keane: “If a full-back is going through relationship issues, it doesn’t mean he can’t stop a cross does it?"
"No I’m being serious: That shouldn’t stop you from closing your winger down: 'Oh my girlfriend’s broke up with me because she’s got her eyesight back'.”
“You can still stop crosses, that shouldn’t effect ya.” 😂
The thing is, Roy is absolutely spot on, but his delivery is always on point. 👏
🔴 ⚫️ Adidas re-releasing the iconic 1990-92 home shirt for early 2027, with a blackout version included in the collection. The shirt of a title-winning side that lost just one league game all season.
The heritage drop hits at exactly the right time. 👕