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Saliba's World Cup ends at kickoff: France lose their spine for the semi

Arsenal and France centre-back William Saliba will miss four to five months after back surgery, ruling him out of a World Cup semi-final against Spain and reshaping Didier Deschamps's defensive plan.

Ruari Blackwood · Monexus Sports desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·16 Jul 2026·Live on the wire ↗
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How Monexus framed this: the wire coverage treated the injury as a squad story. Monexus reads it as a structural one: a defensive scheme losing its keystone against the possession team most likely to exploit the gap, and a Premier League title race absorbing a five-month absence to its most important defender.

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