Kieran Tierney may have already played his final game for Arsenal. According to Teamtalk, the Gunner, who is currently on loan at Real Sociedad, is up for sale.
In his early Arsenal days, the Scottish international was projected to have a bright future. Many believed that with him, Arsenal’s left-back position would be adequately covered for many years to come. In fact, some Gooners considered Tierney to be more than simply a left defender, they saw him as the future Gunners’ captain. All of that changed in 2022, when Oleksander Zinchenko joined.
The Ukrainian international arrived at Arsenal and altered their playing style. Arteta tested him out as an inverted left back, and because of that tactical switch, Arsenal got empowered; Zinchenko went on to be “undroppable.” Tierney was unable to produce (on the pitch) what the former Manchester City left back offered Arsenal. Tierney chose to seek a temporary exit to fight for his career in the 2022–23 season, joining Spanish side Real Sociedad on a season-long loan. At Sociedad, he has also been unlucky, as an injury saw him sidelined from the end of September and he has only recently recovered.
There are reports that a number of clubs throughout Europe, including Celtic, are interested in acquiring him once his loan at Real Sociedad expires (although the Spanish club may also put in an offer). That, along with the fact that Arsenal sees no future for him at the Emirates and is ready to sanction his sale, strongly suggests that the Gunners’ 2019 £25 million summer purchase has played his final game for the club.
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He’s been solid since his return, a decent performance in their comfortable win over Villarreal last night.
It’s time we dropped the inverted full back and returned to a more conventional defender like Tierney who would be more productive against the likes of Bailey & Salah, and can form a decent partnership with Martinelli. Tomi does this well enough and I suppose Timber will also, and Kieran would still not get much game time, so I wish him the best, he never complained and always turned in an honest performance.
I agree with you, we need someone versatile like Radu Dragusin, Zinchenko can be played on midfield
The first and most obvious point to make is that sincde Tierney is NOT wanted by Arsenal, the sooner he is sold , the better for us, as his fee can and OUGHT to be used elsewhere and next month too, not later IF that doe snot happen nI willregard it as yet anothe transfe mistake to go alongside keeping Elneny and tth remaining sub par players even now still here . The worst transfe rmirtska inrecent time sis tht foolish purchase of an inferior keepe and th demoting of a proven top class numbe rone . I make it clearl that though I remain fully behind MA, I havelong considere his transfer recird bit in andout as at best a cureste eg, (meaning good inparts) Why on EARTH we still keep Elneny makes no sense at all to me and has never done. Viera is another mistake and I an not sold on HAVERTZ EITHER, even though some choose to change their views far too easily on the back of mere few slightly perfs.
Not me . I want FAR more evidence first.
So Elneny, Soares, Pepe , Viera, Havertz and RAYA; Id ship them all out ASAP.
And then use the monet wisely, which means no more duds and average players, but only top class proven quality. A specialist striker and a player in PARTEYS mould too, except we need a fit ONE, not a perennial crock!
, ESR TOO AS NEVER FIT PLAYERS ARE JUST A COMPLETE WASTE OF WAGES.
” slightly better perfs”
Have you been on the gin Jon? Not a pitman trained typist that’s for sure
I appreciate your desire to see Cedric, Pepe and Elneny move on.
Assuming all are shipped out do you expect any ‘wise’ signings at a difficult time of the year?
No Sue, I am plainly NOT a Pitman trained typistas you guessed God know how you guessed lol!!.
I spent the years I would most likely have been studying typing, if only I had been female instead, back in those misogyny rife bad old days,by studying opera and classical music, would you believe!
I have had a strange life for a devoted football fan and am in many ways a strange and hard to fathom person, as I freely admit.
I doubt we will bring in ANY top class player in JAN, badly though we need several still, IMO.
How can we sell pepe when we don’t own him Jon
This is shocking considering arsenal is struggling big times in the left back position,with Zinchenko in the position arsenal will always leak in goals not forgetting the constant mistakes he makes.
What must Kiwior be thinking now as it was obvious to many even before the match that he should have been starting.
I notice dear old Jon Fox is continuing with his list of players who HE deems no fit enough to wear the shirt.
I have he hasn’t realised that MA has signed four of the six players he wants gone ASAP, along with the likes of Nketiah and Nelson, who have also been given extended contracts by the man he swears will take us to PL glory.
One of the most important jobs of any manager, is to get the recruitment right and ensure that the players he brings in are suitable for his style of football.
Strangely, MA seems to ignore the likes of Kiwior and Ramsdale, two other players he bought, who now seem surplus to requirements.
If this carries on, we might as well have a regular Sunday car boot sale, featuring all of MA’s buys that haven’t made the grade… OF course, if time was spent on coaching players, as he did with another of Jon’s “waste of space” players, Granit Xhaka, these players might just prove to be worth the money and wages MA gave for them?
We are desperate for a LB, yet it seems Tierney will be another player sacrificed on the alter of inverted BS.
Defenders are supposed to defend first and foremost, that’s why Zinchenko is not the player for that position.
Come on Mikel, do your job 100% and improve the talent that YOU bought / inherited, not just sling them out and buy another one!!
KEN DESPITE MY SEVERAL TYPOS, i PRESUIME YOU DID MANAGE TO READ AND TO UNDERSTAND ALL I WROTE?
I ask that pertinent queston as tou appear to presume , despite what I wrote, that I APPROVE all of MA’s imports and exports , which is NOT the case , as my first post verifies.
In case you did not manage to decipher my admittedly ususual number of typos I repeat now, in non typos, what I wrote above and I quote myself thus;”I make ic lear that although I remain fully behind MA, his transfe rrecord both in andout, is at best a curates egg(meaning good inparts). END OF QUOTE
I fully accept that I DO blame MA for the decision to keep Elneny and all the other “of no use players” I mentioned
Now KEN, would you care to rewrite your non applicable post above, which ignored what I specifically CHOSE to mention? BTW, on Xahaka , he has a good end to a long thoughe mainly really ineffective Arsenal career. MAXIMUM TWO OUT OF SEVEN YEARS WERE ANY GOOD Rather like Ozil in fact!
Though Ozils good two years were his early ones and Xhakas, his later ones.
Jon, I understood every word of your “Piman type post” and that’s why I wrote my response.
You are doing EXACTLY the same thing with Havertz as you did with Xhaka, Ozil and so many other players, but not asking the question why are these players under performing?
Your remedy is like the attitude we see in life today – not worth trying to fix it, but throw it out and buy another shiny new toy and see if that works.
If your correct, what makes you think anyone would buy the players you deem not fit for the purpose?
Anyone can scream and shout about getting rid of them, but there is no explanation as to how to do it and how to replace said players.
How many times are we going to see players discarded and expect Stan Kronkie to shell out even more money, after backing the club to the tune of over £800,000,000?
Instead of continually criticising the players, why not look at the recruitment, coaching and training techniques?
Why was Partey virtually injury free before he came to The Arsenal for instance?
I found your response to JF interesting and I would like to add a couple of points.
Regarding Partey, I can put forward a few suggestions that may or may not have ‘legs’
Would a warmer climate have an influence on fewer injuries or increasing years make him more injury prone? There is a fair chance that the training methods have an influence, but it could also be down to the way football is played in general in England rather than in Spain. But it must also have a more than an element of truth in it that some players do not have the necessary in-built natural resilience.
I can hardly disagree that Arteta has a penchant for choosing to play the players he trusts. Of course, analysing coaching, recruitment and training techniques are vital to how a top club operates. That said, not all signings hit the mark and I am sure that all clubs have their misfits. He has brought on Odegaard and carried on the good work that we have seen with many of the signings under his tutelage. Willian didn’t work, and others were not of Arsenal standard. He does though, have to stand up and be counted for the players he has invested in (with Edu) that have been only moderately successful.
SUEP, I have watched MA bring on players like Havertz, Saliba, Ramsdale, Xhaka, Odegaard to name a few – I’ve also seen him freeze out the likes of ESR, Pepe, Tierney, Balogun, Martinelli to name a few.
Like all managers, he has bought some excellent players and some who haven’t made the grade and I’m not criticising him on that score.
But I do believe he gives up to easily on players, because he knows he has the backing of the owners.
He now has a squad that consist entirely of his signings and the honest truth is, there are signlngs that make no sense whatsoever… and that is where we agree.
As for your interesting thoughts on Partey, I look at players from around the world who have come from different climates, leagues and playing styles who have been successful and injury free… then wonder why Partey (in my opinion a world class player) keeps getting injured.
Remember in the spud match, when he wanted to come off injured, but was forced back on and further aggrevated the injury?
I get the feeling that the club are now looking at our injuries in a more long term way and that’s why the likes of Partey, ESR etc seem to be out longer.
This situation then gives the fans, such as JF, to start shouting about them as liabilities and naming individuals who are part of MA’s squad as losers.. rather than trying to think about the situation… in my opinion.
I would recommend that we keep Kieran Tierney