{"id":554329,"date":"2026-07-22T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/554329\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:52:25","slug":"after-his-injury-at-the-world-cup-arsenal-take-a-decisive-decision-regarding-saliba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/554329\/","title":{"rendered":"After His Injury at the World Cup.. Arsenal Take a Decisive Decision Regarding Saliba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-teaser\">Uncertainty had been surrounding the future of the French player.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have made a decision on French defender William Saliba, who picked up an injury in the semi-final of the 2026 World Cup against Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Saliba lasted only around 30 minutes of the 2-0 defeat before a back injury forced him off, deepening concerns over his fitness ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest Arsenal fear their defender could face a spell on the sidelines of between four and five months.<\/p>\n<p>French newspaper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footmercato.net\/a2269404128839801104-arsenal-william-saliba-se-va-pas-se-faire-operer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" target=\"_blank\">L&#8217;\u00c9quipe<\/a>&#8221; revealed on Wednesday that the English club have reached an agreement with the defender over how to treat the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal, in agreement with the France defender, have decided to opt for conservative treatment rather than surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old centre-back now faces a long period of treatment and rest to ease the chronic back pain he is suffering from.<\/p>\n<p>How long he stays out depends on the progress of his recovery, but the absence is expected to run for several months. It&#8217;s a heavy blow to both Arsenal and the French national team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uncertainty had been surrounding the future of the French player. Arsenal have made a decision on French defender&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2226,246234,85,46,2619,2727,105,46421,6866],"class_list":["post-554329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-france","tag-france-vs-spain","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-premier-league","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-w-saliba","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}