Pundit says Tierney might have to leave Arsenal to play more often

Alan Hutton believes Kieran Tierney is too good not to play regularly as the Scotsman struggles to play ahead of Oleksandr Zinchenko at Arsenal.

Tierney was the undisputed starter before this season when the Gunners added Zinchenko to their squad from Manchester City.

The Ukrainian is more accomplished and offers more to their game when he is on the pitch.

Mikel Arteta has relied on the ex-City man to help his side get through games and it is hard to drop the PL winner, which means Tierney has to play less and wait for his chances.

Hutton admits Zinchenko has been terrific but says Tierney is too good to play very few games.

He tells Football Insider:

“From what I know, it is going to be difficult now for Tierney to break in which is a shame because I still think he is a fantastic football player.

“The problem with him is the injury side of it and that has given an opportunity for another player to come in, Zinchenko being him, with a lot of experience.

“So it is going to be hard but I still want to see him play week-in week-out.

“Whether that is at Arsenal or somewhere else he is definitely good enough to continue in the Premier League and for Scotland as well so hopefully he can get back to it.“

Just Arsenal Opinion

Tierney has been in superb form for Arsenal in the last few seasons but his injury-prone nature forced us to add Zinchenko to the squad.

The Ukrainian is one player that has helped us elevate our levels and reach the top of English football over the past few months.

However, we will be smart to keep both players because we need depth if we want to remain around the top four for many seasons.

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5 Comments

  1. Definitely agree he’s slipped down picking order ,so sell him get the cash for more player or players preferred, a striker ofcourse in the category, raheem sterling wasn’t chelski wanting to give him to us on loan but who would he or get a game we have great wingers it’s a STRIKER THAT WE NEED PRONTO MR KNRORNKE🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 and a good one like zaha defo 🤞🙏

    1. No point asking Kroenke as he has nothing to do with player recruitment. Zaha is a winger, not a striker and at 30 years of age he doesn’t fit our profile.

  2. You can’t sell him he’s back our back up we need two players per position zaha is too old and would be too expensive now

    1. Agree. We sell him and then what do we do, go and buy a less capable backup? From comments I read, sure he isn’t happy not to be starting, but he understands the situation. There is a time and place for Tierney to make his mark this season. Zinchenko has missed time this year and we’ve got a lot of games coming up. Tierney is a fighter and will be ready.

  3. I think it is time to dispel the suggestion that Tierney is inferior to Zinchenko at left back.Zinchenko is not a conventional left back, but a highly skilled central midfielder who happens to fit into the system devised by Pep and Arteta at Man City to secure more possession of the ball.This system has worked well so far this season and until it’s flaws are exposed by our opponents which I suspect it will be before too long, Arteta is unlikely to make any a adjustment to the current set up which has relieved Xhaka of a measure of his defensive duties and kept him from conceding fouls and potentially penalties.However, the system is impacting on the role of Martinelli who is invariably faced with more than one direct opponent as neither Xhaka nor Zinchenko have the pace to run beyond the young Brazilian to divert the attention of opposition defenders.As a consequence, his impact in the final third has, not surprisingly, waned and at times the youngster looks decidedly jaded.I suspect Trossard and Tierney will be used in virtually all the Europa Cup ties and personally I would love to see Zinchenko back them up as a left sided midfielder where he excells for the Ukraine with Xhaka and Martinelli being rested.Whether such a set up would be effective remains to be seen, but before too long, rotation, which will also include ESR will become essential ,that is for sure.There is no point in improving our strength in depth at some cost, unless trust is shown in the players concerned including the very able Tierney.If he ever became available, despite his injury record, which may well be behind him, a number of top sides would move for him, that’s for sure.

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