William Saliba conceded he has "not been so good" for Arsenal this season and said he demands more from himself if he is to help the Gunners win silverware. 

After three loan spells with Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille, Saliba broke into the Arsenal team in 2022 and has formed an excellent partnership alongside Gabriel Magalhaes. 

In the Premier League last term, Saliba and Gabriel helped Arsenal concede a league-low 29 goals as Mikel Arteta's side finished two points behind champions Manchester City.

However, Arsenal have struggled to maintain their high defensive standards this season, letting in 24 goals with 10 games of the current campaign still remaining. 

The Gunners also find themselves 15 points behind leaders Liverpool in the Premier League, with it looking increasingly likely that they will fall short of the title once again. 

"I want to be one day [one of] the best defenders in the world," Saliba told a news conference on Tuesday.

"You have to work a lot, to win trophies as well. It's my dream. I think I'm not the best at the moment because this season I've not been so good. It's like this.

"I have to review my season, but this season is not so good. I have to watch my partner, Gabriel, who has been so good this season. I have to focus on myself and work more."

When pressed on where he had been lacking, Saliba said: "My concentration. I have to score more, help my team to win some trophies.

"When you win trophies you can say I'm the best, but as I said, this season we are still in the Champions League. The Premier League is not finished, I have to push myself."

Though, despite his self-criticism, Saliba believes Arsenal are close to winning a major trophy, having failed to win silverware since the Community Shield back in 2023. 

"I think we are close, very close. We will keep going, we don't stop working. When you are at a club like this you want to win trophies," Saliba added.  

"It's sad, but we have to keep going. I am really sure that we will arrive there."

Arsenal welcome PSV Eindhoven to the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday for the second leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash. 

They thrashed the current Eredivisie champions 7-1 in the first leg, becoming the first team in Champions League history to score seven goals away from home in a knockout stage match.

Arsenal's biggest aggregate victory in major European competition is 10-0 vs Standard Liege in the 1993-94 Cup Winners' Cup, but Arteta is expected to rest some key men. 

Saliba, however, hopes to have some involvement in the contest, despite having missed just six games all season for the Gunners. 

"We don't have to think about the last game as tomorrow we have to win," Saliba said. 

"Even if it was 7-1, we want to win every game, and it's at home, so if we win tomorrow, we will have confidence for the next games.

"I don’t know if I'm playing tomorrow. I will maybe know tonight or tomorrow morning. 

"I would really like to play because it’s a Champions League game at home, and we want to win because it will give us a lot of confidence."