Goal efficiency
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FA Youth Cup · Defender · #4 · England · 16 yrs
Marli Salmon is a defender. Marli Salmon is a English international, 16 years old, defender. Marli Salmon wears shirt number 4. Marli Salmon was born in England on 2009-08-29. Marli Salmon's Sportra profile tracks season statistics across FA Youth Cup, FA Cup, Premier League, Premier League 2 Division One, and other leagues. Marli Salmon's page brings together career clubs, trophies, injury history, multi-competition stats, and related news headlines. On Sportra you can explore Marli Salmon season statistics, transfer history, trophies, injury updates, and related news across every competition tracked in the profile.
Defender · #4
| Season | Team |
|---|---|
| 2025 |  Arsenal U18 |
| 2024 | Arsenal U18 |
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How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
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Marli Salmon has signed his first professional contract with Arsenal (Photo: Getty) Marli Salmon has signed his first professional contract with Arsenal, but there is a chance the highly-rated teenager leaves the Emirates on loan. The Gunners confirmed the exciting news on Saturday as Salmon celebrated his 17th birthday, with the defender saying: ‘A lot of hard work that went into this, a lot of ups and downs, but I’m so proud. ‘I’m looking forward to attacking the season. I gave myself a good start, so let’s see what it holds.’ Salmon made four first-team appearances last season, including starting the FA Cup win over Mansfield, though he is yet to play in the Premier League. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. The defender has been training with Mikel Arteta’s first-team and featured heavily in pre-season, when his performances were widely praised. There is hope that Salmon, a natural centre-back who can also play at right-back, may get more senior minutes this season, especially with William Saliba and Jurrien Timber sidelined with injury. But the England youth international was not in the matchday squad for Arsenal’s opening two games and his chances of playing have taken a further blow following the arrival of Erzi Konsa in a £55million transfer from Aston Villa. Salmon made four first-team appearances last season (Photo: Getty) As a result, there has been some suggestion that Salmon could be loaned out, which is now a possibility after signing his contract and turning 17. And The Athletic report that a loan move could indeed happen but not before deadline day on Tuesday, September 1. Arsenal’s plan is to keep their academy graduate around the first-team environment until for at least the first-half of the season, with his situation to be reassessed during the January transfer window. Ezri Konsa has joined Arsenal from Aston Villa (Photo: Getty) ‘It’s always a good experience to be around [the first-team],’ Salmon added. ‘You learn so much, not even just on the pitch, but off the pitch, about how they prepare and how they carry themselves. ‘It’s valuable, I’m so grateful for who I’ve got here. You get to learn and see them in person, you see so much detail, it’s very good.’ Meanwhile, Konsa is expected to make his Gunners debut against his former club when they meet at Villa Park on Monday night. For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
Arsenal are in talks to sign Victor Osimhen from Galatasaray (Photo: Getty) Martin Keown doesn’t believe Arsenal need to sign a new striker but says there is another ‘problem’ Mikel Arteta must address before the summer transfer window closes. Arsenal take on Manchester City in the Community Shield on Sunday, before kicking-off their Premier League title defence against Coventry City next Friday. Over £150million has already been spent this summer, most notably on Bruno Guimaraes and Christos Tzolis, but the Gunners are still working on adding some more firepower to their squad before deadline day on September 1. After failed moves for Morgan Rogers and Vinicius Junior, Arsenal are now in negotiations for Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen. Get the latest transfer news every morning Sign up to our daily football newsletter for personalised updates on who your team is trying to sign and who won't be around next season. The prolific Nigerian would surely be a welcome addition, with the jury still out on Viktor Gyokeres, Gabriel Jesus close to joining Napoli and Kai Havertz struggling with injuries. But Keown believes there is only one position that Arteta needs to strengthen in this window, and it’s not centre-forward. Asked by Hayers TV if Arteta needs to make more big signings to retain the Premier League title and finally win the Champions League, Keown bluntly replied: ‘No. Martin Keown says there is a potential problem with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal squad (Photo: Getty) ‘I wondered whether they might look again at a striker. But they obviously feel now Havertz has come through the pre-season… I think that’s really critical and he’s got that base for the season, so no. ‘I think Myles Lewis-Skelly is coming into midfield, so you’ve got competition there. [Martin] Zubimendi is now in a fight for his first-team place. So that looks good. ‘The defenders, you got [Riccardo] Calafiori, [Piero] Hincapie, there’s a lot of guys in there. William Saliba won’t start the season, but [Cristhian] Mosquera has been excellent in pre-season, he really looks sharp. ‘[Marli] Salmon is a youngster coming through. So, you don’t want to be blocking the pathway for these players, but only the manager will know what he wants next. You’ve always got to have players in mind. Jurrien Timber will miss the start of the new season through injury (Photo: Getty) ‘Right-back could be a problem if Jurrien Timber’s not going to be ready because obviously Ben White’s had a few injuries, but Mosquera again can go into that position. So, that might be something they’re looking at, to bring a right-back in.’ Timber was forced to pull out of the Netherlands squad for the World Cup because of a persistent groin problem and Arteta has confirmed he will miss the first few weeks of the season. White suffered four separate injuries last season, missing 13 games, and has been linked with a transfer away from north London. Keown will be pleased to know that signing another right-sided defender is on Arteta’s agenda, with reports on Friday emerging that talks have begun to sign Jarell Quansah from Bayer Leverkusen. Arsenal are interesting in signing England star Jarell Quansah (Photo: Getty) The England international is said to be open to moving to the Emirates just a year after he joined Leverkusen from boyhood club Liverpool for £30million. Naturally a centre-back, Quansah can play right-back too, doing so during England’s run to third-place at the 2026 World Cup. While some fans may be underwhelmed to see Arsenal signing more defenders than attackers, Keown doesn’t see it that way, adding: ‘They proved it [that they have a good defensive core] last year. ‘You might have looked at it and thought we had too many left-backs, but in the end we used all of them and [there were] multiple changes to the back-four. I’d like to see a bit more stability.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Com
ISAAN KHAN AT THE EMIRATES: There's another young gem coming through Arsenal's Hale End pipeline: enter Marli Salmon. He stepped up on a night where Mikel Arteta challenged him.
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