RTL DOCUMENT – OM: “Marseille, I loved it from day one”, says William Saliba
His express adaptation to Marseille, the recurring attacks on players, the C4 and his interests outside football: the defender of Olympique de Marseille William Saliba tells RTL its first five months in Marseille broth, while OM qualified for the Europa Conference league (C4) on Thursday.
“We must not deny this competition, even if it is new, there are some very good teams too. We left our group with some regrets. But now, happy to be still in Europe and to have something to play “, confides the international Espoir. With 1,350 minutes played in Ligue 1 this season, Saliba is the Olympian most used by Jorge Sampaoli. OM this summer, he tells us about his express adaptation. “The adaptation was done quickly, teammates, the club and the staff welcomed me very well, it is immediately easier “.
Regarding Jorge Sampaoli, “it is only at the press conference that he is calm. He yells at us in training to boost us or when we are asleep. Before the match, even in the locker room, he starts to walk, to go back and forth. you hear it the whole game“, he said.” That’s how it is, he’s a real enthusiast.
The Vélodrome, “a great atmosphere”
William Saliba then evokes the atmosphere of the Velodrome stadium. “It’s like you’re drugged actually, because the supporters push you to be better. It’s a great atmosphere, even during the warm-up when you come home, it makes you a very strong thing. We only see that here.
Loaned by Arsenal this summer without an option to buy, the defender “prefers not to talk about the future. Today, I am very well here, I do not regret my choice. I am very happy, since the first day. J ‘I have a year here on loan, I will give everything to satisfy those who have trusted me. And then at the end of the season, we will see what the future holds.
In Marseille, “people are close, I like it”.
This season is also unfortunately felt by aggressiveness against football players from violent supporters. It started this summer in Montpellier with a bottle sent to Valentin Rongier’s face and then these acts were repeated in other stadiums, with other players …
“It gives a bad image of the championship and it’s a shame. I hope that with all that has happened, especially recently in Lyon, the supporters and the opposing public have understood that it was useless and that it could go far “, explains William Saliba.” We must. stopper now and stop doing anything. I tell myself that they will understand, they are not stupid. People come to the show, it’s a shame it ends in the second minute.
Outside of football, at only 20 years old, Saliba confides in loving “music, rap. Coming and returning from training, Ninho, Booba … Jul that I’ve been listening to since I was 15/16 years old. The whole new scene. I like series, gang movies, with a little pressure, but which end well! Marseille, I loved it from the first day. Very beautiful city, I like it when there are people, that life. It looks a bit like 93, the people are close, there are no clans, I like it “.