Kieran Tierney speaking on if he thinks he has a future in Red and White
Our Scottish 26-year-old Kieran Tierney is currently on loan from Arsenal at Real Sociedad until June this year and the defender is looking like he’s been enjoying life in Spain with consistent starts since his move to San Sebastian. The defender has got an assist in a game against Valencia and has been putting in consistent good performances for the Spanish side at Left Back.
The Scot has 2 years left on his contract at Arsenal and Is set to be back in London in the summer, but with our range of Left Backs at the club at this moment it’s a little hard to see where he will fit into things for the long term. Although he’s growing as a player and putting in good performances in Spain, I’m not too sure if he would walk back into this Arsenal side at the moment.
He was recently asked if he thinks he has a future at Arsenal; and has said this “‘It’s hard to say. I loved my time there and I still have two years on the contract. I am very grateful to Arsenal. I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I am absolutely loving it here at Real Sociedad”.
“I feel I have adapted quite well and I hope I can return the faith the club have shown. This is a very, very talented squad with world-class players and so many have come from the academy. It’s an amazing story. Coming here was easier than going to London, and that’s not having a dig at Arsenal because they helped me massively”.
“Without the people at the club it would have been 10 times harder to adapt, but I was four years younger and moving from Scotland, it didn’t matter where I went, that was going to be the hardest part. It’s an amazing thing to go to play for Arsenal but you still have your hurdles to overcome”.
“Then a couple of months later Covid hits and you don’t get to see anyone for months. The people at Arsenal were all amazing.
The defender clearly feels happy at Real Sociedad and the club themselves have put a lot of faith in the defender since signing him and I’m not surprised he feels a bit happier there as his getting consistent minutes and starts for the club. Should we be thinking of moving him on in the summer or should we keep him around? I’m not sure.
With Tomiyasu looking likely to sign a new deal with the club, Zinchenko being a key part of the club and the leadership group and young Jakub Kiwior who has recently been getting his chance to shine and proving he can, it makes it hard for Tierney to force himself into the squad.
We obviously all love to see him doing well and be happy, even if it isn’t at Arsenal but I do think some big decisions will have to be made in the summer and he will be one of them.
What’s your thoughts Gooners?
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but Arteta is clear on his Arsenal future = he doesn’t have one
a good old school left back but the game has moved on and he is unable to adapt, clear he has no place in Arsenal system and no place in Arteta thoughts
get over it, move on
my only problem is we seem to have squandered a very healthy transfer fee we might have got 18 months ago, his worth now has plummeted, millions done the drain by not following through on the so called ruthless streak
Surely his value would have gone back up after a great season at Sociedad?
nothing to suggest he has been an outstanding La Liga star, seems to have spent most of the time injured
but I get your point, may have recover a little bit, but his contract has run down, La Liga is not PL, and psychologically a buyers market for him as they know we want rid
£10m max
whereas £20m to £30m a couple of seasons back
so a big erosion in value that was avoidable given it has been clear Arteta does not trust him for 18 months/2 years
Waste of a top class international left back at Arsenal. There is no doubt Arsenal would have been stronger defensively with Tiernay. If Arteta doesn’t rate you, your career at Arsenal is over.
I think he never got a fair shot to win the LB position at Arsenal. Arteta is in love with inverted LB over defensive aptitude at LB, so his fate was sealed.
Fair enough Arteta is the manager, but a shame and waste in my opinion.
A LB who can defend and overlap, offering something different as a LB. Versatility that has a use, but no place in our current squad.
Hopefully we can recoup most of that 25 million, but I fear it’s yet another devaluation and loss on the books.
I am unsure of the feelings of most of the commenters. It is not that Tierney is a bad player, it is he is a bad fit for our system. There are good players all around the world but if tactically they don’t fit it would not help them or the team for them to be on the squad. Arsenal currently have decided to give up some defensive capability to enhance our offensive playmaking. I think both of our last games are an example of that thinking, and when it works it is glorious to behold. Arsenal basically dared Ben Johnson on the wing to run free by tucking Ben White into a box midfield, but by doing so freed up Odegaard to do what he does best. I love Tierney but his skill set is not for a team like Arsenal, or Liverpool or Man City, he would be an everyday starter for West Ham, but if he cannot adapt and he has said as much, he will not play here. Arteta’s whole system depends on players who can play a multitude of different roles – White, Trossard, Havertz, Zinchenko, Jesus, Kiwior, Tomiyasu and I am sure others all play different positions game to game and different roles even in the same game. Wish him the best just not the right fit for our team any longer we have evolved.
You are completely wrong with regard to your reference to Liverpool as Andrew Robertson has virtually the same skills set as KT.Indeed in Scotland Tierney is considered the better player.
Arsenal are not Scotland
I’m afraid I have to disagree with some of this. Arsenal’s setup is not based on a trade-off of defensive capability.
The setup is designed to exert a high level of game control, field tilt dominance; and also defensive solidity.
I would agree that Arteta likes players who are flexible, adaptable team players.
same diff, Tierney can’t adapt to the Arteta/Arsenal system, semantics as to how you describe what he does not fit