Saliba In Talks With Arsenal Over Contract Extension

Saliba has enjoyed a strong start to the season after enjoying a series of loan spells at Saint Etienne, OGC Nice and Olympique Marseille.

The 21-year-old has played full throttle in all eight of Arsenal's Premier League games this season, with the Gunners sitting pretty at the top of the embryonic table.

Saliba's contract at the Emirates Stadium runs out in the summer of 2024 but the seven-time France international has given me the strongest indication that fresh terms could soon be penned.

Asked whether he could agree fresh terms after impressing in Saturday's 3-1 derby win over Tottenham, Saliba said: "Yeah, we will see. They [the club and his representatives] talk a little bit."

Saliba believes Arsenal are growing in confidence with each victory, adding: "You have to wait every time and I waited a long time for my first North London Derby. I enjoyed it from the first minute to the end, and now I am so happy. 

"We are so happy to win at home against Tottenham. It was a hard game, but we were focused all the game. We deserve this win.

"We play against the best players in the world. It is good for young players like me, and I learn a lot.

"The more we win, the more we are confident. We want every week to win, to win, to win — and that's it."

Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has also been impressed with Saliba's output so far.

"He has fit in really well," Ramsdale said. "It is a credit to him that he has been put straight into the team. He is a bit of a Rolls-Royce with the way he moves, and he has never seemed fazed.

"He is still a young boy so still makes mistakes, so at the minute it is either Ben [White], myself, Gabriel or Thomas Partey digging him out and he is digging other people out as well.

"That is the main thing at the minute, our mistakes aren't leading to too many things and that is the sign of a team who have good characters in and around that back five."