It is true, however, that Real Madrid are exploring the market for central defenders for summer 2025, CaughtOffside understands, as they notably missed out on Leny Yoro, who instead joined Manchester United this season.
Saliba would make sense as an ideal alternative for Los Blancos, but for now there is no sign that there’s any genuine risk of the 23-year-old pushing to get this move out of Arsenal.
Arsenal used to sell their star players and it often worked out badly for them, with Arsene Wenger unable to keep many of his biggest names in the latter part of his reign in north London.
