Manchester City are planning to make a bid for Arsenal defender William Saliba in the summer transfer window.. Saliba has established himself as one of the best and most important players for Arsenal.. Despite being just 24 years of age, the France international centre-back has already played 122 matches for the north London club, scoring seven goals and giving two assists in the process.. Former Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor described Saliba as the only “world-class” player at Arsenal during a discussion on talkSPORT in April 2024.. Interestingly, Agbonahor also predicted Saliba to be on the radar of Real Madrid, and while that is the case, Man City are now said to have joined the race for the Arsenal star.. According to Defensa Central (via talkSPORT) City manager Pep Guardiola has ‘called for a revolution’ at the Etihad Stadium after a bitterly disappointing season.. While City have reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, they did not win the Carabao Cup, are already out of the Champions League and may not even end up in the Premier League top four this season.. Guardiola is keen on changing his squad, and one of the players that the Man City boss wants to sign is Arsenal and France international centre-back Saliba.. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss is aware that one of the biggest problems that he has is that Man City have ‘lost their defensive reliability’.. That is why City are planning to offer millions to Arsenal for Saliba in the summer transfer window.. Arsenal have established themselves as regular Premier League title challengers, and it is unlikely that Gunners manager Mikel Arteta would be willing to sell Saliba this summer.. Of course, all players have their price, but Man City would have to pay a lot of money to prise Saliba away from Arsenal.
