{"id":334224,"date":"2025-12-25T02:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T02:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/334224\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T02:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T02:01:09","slug":"saliba-argues-arsenal-teammate-is-worlds-best-in-his-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/334224\/","title":{"rendered":"Saliba argues Arsenal teammate is world&#8217;s best in his position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> William Saliba believes Arsenal teammate Jurrien Timber is the best right-back in the world, and at the very least in the top-two.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"705\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/burnley-v-arsenal-premier-league-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"BURNLEY, ENGLAND: Jurrien Timber of Arsenal battles for possession with Jaidon Anthony of Burnley during the Premier League match between Burnley and Arsenal at Turf Moor on November 01, 2025. (Photo by Alex Livesey\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-347084\" title=\"Saliba argues Arsenal teammate is world's best in his position 2\" \/>Photo by Alex Livesey\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal defender <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/jurrien-timber\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jurrien Timber<\/a> has been on top form so far this season, impressing on a weekly basis in a very consistent manner.<\/p>\n<p>The right-back was impressive again on Tuesday night against Crystal Palace, performing excellently throughout the match before scoring the best penalty of the night in the subsequent shootout.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/arsenal-v-crystal-palace-premier-league-6.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND: Jurrien Timber of Arsenal battles for possession with Eddie Nketiah of Crystal Palace during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium on October 26, 2025. (Photo by Clive Mason\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-346443\" title=\"Saliba argues Arsenal teammate is world's best in his position 3\" \/>Photo by Clive Mason\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycannon.com\/tag\/william-saliba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Saliba<\/a> spoke to CBS Sports afterwards, and he was asked whether he believes Timber is the best right-back in world football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, by a mile,\u201d Saliba <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E_nAiY5IyOI?si=viwStOGsFVs1lxqo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">answered<\/a>. \u201cFor me, by a mile, he\u2019s so, so good. One against one it\u2019s impossible to beat him, and offensively as well he\u2019s so good. I hope he will keep going like this and he\u2019s a top, top, top player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on whether he really believes Timber is the very best in the entire world, Saliba responded: \u201cOne or two for sure. It depends\u2026 but one or two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/arsenal-v-crystal-palace-premier-league-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND: Jean-Philippe Mateta of Crystal Palace is challenged by William Saliba of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace at Emirates Stadium on October 26, 2025. (Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-346432\" title=\"Saliba argues Arsenal teammate is world's best in his position 4\" \/>Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Timber may have put in a strong performance on Tuesday night, but it was Saliba who earned the Player of the Match award for his display in the penalty-shootout victory.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-back also converted his spot-kick, and he told Sky Sports he wants the team to make amends for their performances in this competition last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to learn the lesson from last season,\u201d Saliba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe got to the semi-final last season, but we lost the two games, so now this season, we want to win both games and go to the final.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners will face Chelsea in those two games, with the first on January 14th at Stamford Bridge and the second at the Emirates Stadium on February 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Related Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Saliba believes Arsenal teammate Jurrien Timber is the best right-back in the world, and at the very&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,27164,101,56,54,55,8698],"class_list":{"0":"post-334224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jurrien-timber","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom","14":"tag-william-saliba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}