'Saliba ready to go!' - Arteta on Arsenal defender's return from injury ahead of Prague match

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Nov 3, 2026
Yes, he's in a really good place.
I think the process and the timings and the manner
that the injury has been dealt with,
and especially the feelings that Willy has been having along
the way, they've been very, very positive.
So his evolution has been as expected, which
is not always the case.
He feels very comfortable. He played 45 minutes.
I think he feels very desperate
and very loved because Willy
is somebody that is very admired
and very liked around the team
and every time he's around he creates something special.
That's Willy, that's his nature,
he's around the team now and now we need to give him the
right moment, the right amount of minutes
and hopefully that's going to be very soon.
That's a chapter that is gone.
It's a moment of learning from all of us and we move on.
You learn from the not so good ones,
you make sure that you learn from the great ones as
well and it's been in good spirit.
When you see the kid, and today we spent some time
together as well, talking about things in training,
it's always super positive. When
you are 16 you have a different way of looking at things
and treating things and that's what
That's what he brings to the team as well.
It's ahead of me because it's been 10 years now.
It's a long time. That tells you the
quality of the person.
To stay for 10 years somewhere you need to do a lot of things right
and they are not regarding tactics.
It's about how you treat people, the culture at the club,
The way you present yourself, the way you treat...
External people, a lot of things,
and I think what he's done is remarkable, so congratulations to him.
Tomorrow we will face each other,
and I know it's going to be a difficult one.
Yeah, I remember a very tough game against an opponent
that is very physical, that they want to run a lot.
They press high and defend, and then they
are very vertical when they have the ball.
Um, yeah.
Last season was a very good game for me personally, with two goals.
Hopefully this year I can score at least one.
I'm not going to ask for two.
Tomorrow is going to be a super tough game again,
we've got massive respect for them
as a team and as a club
and we know we're up for a big challenge, but the good thing
is that we are ready and we come here to try and do our best.
He's just a kid, he's 16 years old,
he's a super nice guy, shy, he doesn't want to
bother anyone, he's just there to play football, enjoy and have fun.
