The future of Kieran Tierney at Arsenal remains uncertain, particularly since the arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko during the summer. The Scottish left-back was initially regarded as one of the best players in his position upon joining the club, and he performed admirably in the Premier League.
However, during the 2022/2023 season, Tierney even found himself benched in favour of Takehiro Tomiyasu, a player who typically occupies a different position. This decision indicates that Mikel Arteta may be seeking certain qualities from his left-back that Tierney may not possess, further fueling speculation about his potential departure from the club.
Newcastle United has reportedly shown interest in Tierney, with manager Eddie Howe said to be an avid admirer of the former Celtic player. Following Arsenal’s final game of the season, Tierney was seen spending time alone greeting the fans, as reported by Football London, which has led some to believe that it may have been his last home game at the Emirates Stadium before an important summer where he is expected to make a decision about his future.
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Tierney has been one of our finest players and sadly, he is not getting enough playing minutes at the moment.
The defender will get the game time he needs at other clubs, but we need him to keep our best players for the purpose of squad depth.
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It’s an unusual case where a player who clearly is good enough might be leaving because he doesn’t fit with how the manager wants to play. It’s a shame – I’d rather arteta did a bit more to adjust the team to Tierney at times (to get the best out of the 11 on the pitch), but maybe the overall expectation *should* be for the player to adapt to the setup.
a measured response
Thanks, Sue. I’d also like to say that tierney’s attitude and professionalism deserves a lot of praise. Haven’t heard any complaining about his lack game time, and he’s given his all with every chance he’s had.
And we don’t know that he’s leaving yet, it just seems likely.
Tierney should have started ahead of Zinchenko all season. Zinchenko can’t defend and constantly gives the ball away. He cost us the title. Keep KT at all costs. Sell Zinchenko
MAA inherited but did not buy Tierney As such ,it seems plain to me , that MA, hasd he been here at the time, woud NOT have wanted to buy Tierney.
I think, that we owe THIS manager a proper respect and if he chooses not to play Tierney, as he seems not to fit MA’s style of choice, then we back MA’s judgement.
Most of us think Tierney a top class player. I do too.
BUT I PREFER TO BACK THE JUDGEMENT OF THIS MANAGER, THAN I DO TO LISTEN TO ANY GOONERS OWN PERSONAL, THOUGH NON PROFESSIONAL OPINION, INCLUDING MY OWN.
Tierney is a top class LB and CB and to cut him out the way we have and with obvious problems with LB and defence is puzzling in the least. I am sure he will fly under Howe at Newcastle.
Was hoping somthing could have worked out to get the young Scottish in a few more games , especially against those teams with their fleet footed wingers
But we must admit the Spaniard did extremely well without the young Scottish, especially earlier on in the campaign.
It will be interesting to see what sort of LB we get to replace Tierney. He will have to be good to be better than Tierney.
If Tierney leaves i suspect Tavarez could be coming back. He is more physical then Tierney. I doubt though that he will leave.
With an inverted rightback setup we will need a conventional fullback on the left to interchange with the leftwing, just like White & Saka does. So i reckon we will see a whole lot more of Tierny next campaign.
We will, for Newcastle.