West Ham don’t have any bad intentions against Arsenal but they appear to have selected Arsenal as the team to raid this summer.
According to reports, the Hammers are interested in Arsenal’s latest Premier League sensation, Reiss Nelson. Nelson could become a free agent in the summer, though it is thought that Arsenal will attempt to persuade him to remain. However, West Ham may confuse him by promising him plenty of playing time, which may be difficult to come by at Arsenal.
While we wait to see if Reiss Nelson will stay or leave for West Ham, the David Moyes-led club has reportedly named Kierney Tierney as their next transfer acquisition from Arsenal.
Tierney has lost his position in Arsenal’s starting lineup, and reports in recent weeks have linked him with a summer transfer away from the club.
Newcastle have been the team heavily linked with Tierney, but as of 90MIN, West Ham, among a host of other PL clubs, have firmly entered the race for his services. The publication writes, “Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers is a confirmed admirer of Tierney, having previously worked with him at Celtic, while Aston Villa, West Ham and Leeds are also believed to keeping tabs on his situation.”
Tierney is undeniably a wanted man, and these teams may be able to persuade him to join them by promising him plenty of playing time. One could argue that Arteta should consider Tierney’s future at Arsenal because he may be pushed to sell him in the summer, a deal that could see him boost one of his league competitors, which may not be a positive thing.
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Keep Tierney! Zinchenko is really good at playmaking and should be competing with Xhaka…but a defender he is not. I can’t believe we are even considering letting a player of Tierney’s quality go.
Then we start moaning about Zinchenko’s garbage defending a few weeks later.
Could not agree more.Unfortunately our Manager thinks differently and of course he calls the shots.The fact that a host of Premier League sides are likely to be interested in KT, is testament to his quality .
Agree QD and Grandad. I personally do not understand Mikel Arteta’s lack of fsvour for/ confidence in Kieran Tierney. I know who I would prefer at LB on a tough night in Europe.
One has to be concerned about the number of goals Arsenal is conceding from set pieces, particilarly from corners.
Some of the recent goals against us have originated from the left side of the defense again, which was a problem solved when Tierney joined, but now with Zinchenko rarely in position it’s happening again. Find a way of keeping him and playing regularly with Zinny.
If only Arteta would read Just Arsenal🤪
Zinchenko is a fabulous player and arguably more important to us than Jesus but his defending is atrocious and he is constantly getting caught in possession. Tierney will go and it will be a huge mistake. He may not be the type of fancy player Arteta likes but he’s a great defender and a solid player. Not more than 2 seasons ago we were discussing him being the next captain and now he is being shipped off to West Ham for pennies? Ridiculous
Why do you regard a spurious rumour as having already happened, when you write”and now he is being shipped off to West Ham for pennies”?
No he is not. That is just another false rumour on JA and not truth. You are really naive, Ben.
If not WH then somewhere else. The destination isn’t really the point.
jon, where is the incentive for Kieran Tierney to stay at Arsenal, when he is not getting game time?
Not a good ideas to let Tierney go
His situation reminds me of lenos ,both solid players in what they do ,but don’t fit the new Arsenal style ,no need keeping a player of Tierneys ability to sit on the bench when we could be getting good monies for his transfer .
I’m sure like the Article suggests ,we shouldn’t have a problem moving him on ,that’s OFC if these rhnours are even true that he’s not happy .
Tierney can’t play Arteta ball and that’s why he should go. Zinny can’t defend it’s as simple as that!!! However he aren’t playing him to defend. The whole reason of playing him there is so he can help us control the middle ground. Tierneys game whilst top class just doesn’t suit our style of play. Unless we bring in a tall target man his crosses are ineffective due to our short front line. In the summer I think we will move for the young rb from Spain to compete with White and have Tomi backing up Zinny and every other position our Japanese star can cover. The money from potentially Tierney,Pepe, Niles etc can be used to bring in a Partey backup, a more attacking left 8 option and either a winger or a cf back up depending on sales. Caicedo/Rice McAllister/Madderson Toney/Rashford/Raphina would be my targets.
OT. The FA have let us off for over-celebrating Nelson’s goal against Bournemouth.
Richard Keyes will be livid.
“Let US off for celebrating”?
It is US who should let the idiot FA off for considering charging us for showing the vital passion , without which the game is meaningless.
The FA have neven been fit for purpose and are as out of touch with the reality of how fanhood and celebrations work as they ever have been.
They are a joke and ought to be sacked. ALL OF THEM!
Perhaps we should be asking the question – why did the referee report it in the first place?
It seems that if the referee doesn’t report an incident, the fa can do nothing further about the situation… as the push on the official by a manure player.
It seems that, since we, basically, got Lee Mason removed from his position, the PGMOL are certainly examining our every move with a fine toothcomb.
Keys and the other twat Adrian Durham are so anti Arsenal it’s untrue they are both certain to go on a rant about this! How these idiots got jobs talking about something they know nothing about is beyond me!
Kieran stays with us
There is no substantiated evidence at all that Arteta doesn’t rate Tierney and would be happy for him to leave. Just because he rates Zinchenko higher he still uses Tierney off the bench and when he has come on has adapted to the role Arteta requires very well. In my view I agree Tierney is the better defender and when he does overlap like a normal left back, gives more options and another dimension. I’d be very surprised if he leaves us in the summer.
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IMO, i don’t think Tierney will leave, he’ll play alot next season, we have fa, carling, epl and ucl,
Love Tierney, but it was 100% the correct decision to replace him as first choice LB.
Not because of his performances, but his fitness. Missed so much football for us, and injured every season. You cannot build a successful team around injury prone players. Wenger’s era proves this more than anything with the likes of Diaby, Wilshere, Rosicky, etc, sticking around forever to the detriment of the team.
Hopefully he stays around, but it’s understandable should he want to go and play more, as he’s too good to be sat on the bench most weeks.
Defending or possession? High possession means less defending. Better defending doesn’t mean better possession. Tomiyasu lacks Tierney’s mobility but he is better defender and way better at inverted fullback. I hope he stays and improve because Arsenal are go places. Just look at Holding and Elneny.
Tierney is going to be just fine, its difficult too keep every Jackman happy, we seems to look shaky with rotation.
We just cant beginning to start rotation now when we are turning for home, it’s the business end of the season approaching where all title contenders wet their bread
We are not even in transfer period and you guys are already selling our players. You neither know if Arteta wants KT to stay or not and you don’t know if KT wants to leave or stay. As far as I’m concerned Tierney is happy at arsenal and knows he will get his first team shirt back in due time.
One thing that most people have failed to mention is that while Tierney is a good LB,he’s always been plagued by injuries. For that reason alone,it’s risky to have him as a first choice. As has been mentioned in one of the comments,you simply can’t build a team around an injury prone player. I suppose Arteta is looking for a capable alternative to Thomas Partey for similar reasons.
In addition to that,there have been comments to the effect that Zinchenko is a terrible defender. I have seen him win aerial and ground duels multiple times. It’s simply not true that he can’t defend. I would be interested to see a comparative analysis of both Tierney and Zinc in terms of defensive statistics. I’m sure they are not far apart.
Finally, Zinc is an important component of the way we play. Some of us are complaining about the space he vacates yet fail to mention that whenever this happens, one of Gabriel, Xhaka and Martinelli usually slots in to cover the space. It is all by design and has worked well so far.