Country: England
Yeah I agree leaving him out of the Europa team was a very suspect call- a terrible call even.
But you can’t even deny it, so many people on this board were acting like we’d completely screwed his development. As if we were gonna pay £30+M for a player just to sell him for fractionally more.
It was never as deep as some made out. Now we’re reaping the benefits of a very effective loan spell. It’s job done on our part.
Whilst I believe Saliba is a gooner and didn't want to leave without making an appearance, I suspect the length of his contract and most of Europe not actually being able to afford him spared the club's blushes a bit.
Apart from Sampaoli walking out from Marseille it's hard to prove and neither here nor there now.