William Saliba returned to Saint-Etienne training on Thursday, and the news has gone down extremely well with Arsenal fans.
The 18-year-old missed the start of the season with a muscular problem, which required him to return to London for club medical staff to help in the final phases of recovery.
The Frenchman, who signed for the Gunners in a deal worth £27m over the summer, then suffered a broken metatarsal last month.
However, he is now back in training with the Ligue 1 side, with an image of the defender in action shared on social media by @DailyAFC on Thursday.
Twitter: William Saliba took part in training today after returning from injury. [St Etienne] #afc https://t.co/qhsxIDfLeA (@DailyAFC)
As expected, the news of the youngster’s return quickly caught the attention of several supporters, who shared their delight on social media.
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 Yea yea get excited!
Ceballos is also back in training after missing 6 weeks out (@kelechinwosu84)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 Hopefuly he bangs
(@Mahukel)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 Incoming streaks of clean sheets loading for @ASSEofficiel (@Muhaba_01)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 He’s a star (@tmeuh)
Twitter: @PatrickTimmons1 Can’t wait to see him in an arsenal shirt. This defence is shambolic g
(@ArtetaSzn3)
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Saliba has missed the last 10 fixtures for Saint-Etienne, so he’ll be desperate to return to competitive action as soon as possible.
The teenager, who is highly-rated by the Gunners, has turned out just seven times this season, and a string of impressive displays in France will catch the eye back in north London.
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