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Sol Campbell warns Arsenal they really must tie their two ‘amazing players’ down to new contracts now
From day one, it has seemed like Arsenal had set their sights on long-term success under Mikel Arteta instead of targeting short-term gain.
Along the way, Arsenal have suffere💧d plenty of disappointments — from finishing eighth under Arteta in successive seasons, losing two Premier League titles to Manchester City and the FA Cup 💖being the only major trophy they have won under his reign.
But Mikel Arteta has every reason to back the Gunners to succeed in the long run, as they are gunning for the title oncဣe again —🥃 sitting in second place in the league this season.
| Position | Team | Played MP | Won W | Drawn D | Lost L | For GF | Against GA | Diff GD | Points Pts |
| 1 |  LiverpoolLiverpool | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 30 | 50 |
| 2 |  ArsenalArsenal | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 44 |
Arsenal’s strategy of scouring Europe for some of the biggest and best talents has worked like a charm — with William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes — signed at 18 and 🥀22 years respectively d🐻eveloping into world-class defenders.
Saliba could become the world’s best defender one day, judging byꩵ how complete he is as a centre-back.
Gabriel, who was praised by Martin Keown is also neck-and-neck with the Frenchman in terms of his imꦬportanc⛎e to Arsenal.
Arsenal told to give William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhes new contracts immediately
The pair have for🦹med one of the best centre-back pairings in world football dꦫuring their time at the Emirates Stadium.
So much so that a legendary defender like Sol Campbell feels Arsenal need to hand the pair new contracts, with both plᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚayers’ current deals expiring in 2027.
๊Speaking on Rio Ferdinand: Presents, Campbell said: “We need to sign them up because these are top players and I’m sure there’s other teams circling around and looking at their situation. But yeah, they’re two amazing players.”
Saliba in particular has been linked with a🧸 move t🌃o Real Madrid.
However, Real Madrid’s reported interest in Saliba does not faze Arsenal.
Saliba is happy at Arsenal in any case while PSG are keen on Gabriel’s signature.
Saliba signed a four-year contract extension as recently as in 2023, which indicates how much he enjoys bei🎃ng an Arsenal pla🎃yer.
While Arsenal began new contract talks with Gabriel in September.
Arsenal told Saliba-Gabriel partnership is “one of the best” in the world
Sol Campbell also claimed the partnership between Saliba and Gab🍌riel is one of the best🐈 in the world.
“I think as a pa🍌ir, they are definitely formidable, for sure. They are growing into a really special partnership and also the backline as well, [Jurrien] Timber, I put Timber in there as well.”
“They’re not on the level where say [Virgil] Van ♚Dijk is as well. But if they had sharp shooters, I think they would be for sure because the effort they’re putting in…”
Rio Ferdinand said: “Takes pressure off, isn’t ꦛit?”
Campbell added: “Yeah! You run less. If you’re attacking more and you’ve 🅺got players that are keeping the ball and troubling the other line, you run less. And t🦹hen when it does come to you, you’ve got the energy, okay I handle it.”
“If you’re put under pressure all the time…but anyway, these two guys are top, top. I think they’re d𒆙efinitely up there, one of the best pair😼ings in the world.”
Alexander Isak raved about Saliba and Gabriel by admitting th𒅌ey are the toughest paඣir of centre-backs he has come up against this campaign.
Martin Keown lauded both Saliba and Gabriel as well as they are well𒅌 and 🦋truly the heartbeat of this Gunners side.
It’s safe to say that the pair have the quality to go down as one of the best centre-back duos in Arsenal history alongside iconic ꦯpartnerships such as between Sol Campbell and Kolo Toure as well and Tony Adams and Martin Keown.