While Arsenal loanee William Saliba continues to provoke in France, Shkodran Mustafi’s begin to existence again in his house nation has gotten off to an altogether rocky get started.

Great transfer

The most important switch information on the Emirates early remaining month in fact got here within the type of affirmation that Saliba had departed north London for the 2d-half of the marketing campaign.

In a publish around the membership’s social media platforms, Arsenal introduced that their out-of-favour younger stopper had returned to his house nation with OGC Great, on a 6-month mortgage:

🗞 William Saliba has joined Ligue 1 aspect Great on mortgage for the rest of the season

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) January 4, 2021

This in fact got here with Saliba having did not garner a unmarried first-team look beneath Mikel Arteta over the hole half of of the marketing campaign.

POTM

Regardless of his struggles for game-time on the Emirates, regardless that, Saliba has since been plugged at once into the backline of his new membership.

The 19-year-old has earned begins in all of Great’s remaining 6 outings, serving to the membership to a solitary blank sheet alongside the best way.

And regardless that Les Aiglons, all instructed, have persisted a in large part hit-and-miss spell of shape over the process this stretch, Saliba, for probably the most section, has inspired.

The younger Frenchman has persevered to show off flashes of his unquestionable possible, on the middle of a lower than forged Great backline.

And, as evidenced this weekend, such abilities have by no means long gone unappreciated at the a part of his mortgage membership’s fanbase.

This comes amid affirmation this afternoon that Saliba has been voted as Great’s Participant of the Month for January, at the again of his first month with the Ligue 1 outfit:

🦅 Aiglon @credit_agri_PCA de janvier

🥇 William Saliba
🥈 Flavius Daniliuc
🥉 @benitezwalterok #OGCNice #Saliba

— OGC Great (@ogcnice) February 6, 2021

Mustafi’s Schalke suffering

While Saliba continues to head about getting his profession again on target, on the other hand, as defined above, any other of Arsenal’s ex stars has lately gotten his begin to existence clear of the Emirates off to an altogether underwhelming get started.

The participant in query? Shkodran Mustafi.

German stopper was once one in all various defenders to have departed north London remaining month, after seeing his contract with the Gunners terminated.

In flip, the 28-year-old related up with Schalke on a unfastened switch.

Relatively unusually, Mustafi, regardless of having no longer taken to the pitch for a while, was once passed his debut from the off on Saturday, because the Bundesliga basement dwellers performed host to RB Leipzig.

So far, on the other hand, the conflict has confirmed one to overlook for the previous Arsenal guy, with Schalke staring but any other defeat within the face, and Mustafi having been accountable for the concession of Die Knappen’s first of the day:

Schalke concede simply earlier than the smash – respectable first half of defensively however Shkodran Mustafi permits Nordi Mukiele a unfastened header from a nook.

— Get German Soccer Information (@GGFN_) February 6, 2021

 

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