Kieran Tierney could be useful in helping Arsenal sign Declan Rice. But how so?
Oleksander Zinchenko has really changed the dynamics of Arsenal’s style of play. The way the Ukrainian international covers the left back, the midfield, and leads the attack has him undroppable, which has left Kieran Tierney warming the bench.
Slowly, it is starting to seem like Kieran Tierney is in his last months at Arsenal. In fact, Football Insider insists that Arsenal have a £30 million price on his head, saying they will be willing to cash in on the Scottish titan.
Arsenal reportedly need to raise a huge amount to convince West Ham to sell them Declan Rice, and they see Tierney as a reasonable sale in that endeavour. Football Insider writes, “With the Gunners planning to spend big on a new midfielder in the summer, with Declan Rice also a top target, there will need to be sales to balance the books.
“One player who could raise a significant fee is Tierney, the deputy left-back squeezed out by the excellent form of 2022 signing Aleksandr Zinchenko.”
Many wouldn’t object to Tierney’s exit if it facilitates Rice’s headline swoop. But for Tierney’s fans, this update isn’t what they love to hear. Anyway, it’s likely that he will return to the starting lineup for Arsenal’s Europa League Round of 16 tie against Sporting Lisbon next week. Notably, he started all six of the Gunners’ group stage matches, even scoring the winner in the final game against FC Zurich to secure top spot in Group A.
If given a chance, he may just play himself to relevancy. He may still have a future at Arsenal considering he has been praised by Arteta as one of the “most exciting players in the Premier League” and is under contract at the Emirates until 2026 after extending his deal in 2021.
Do you think we should sell Tierney to raise funds for Declan Rice?
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I think Zinchenko could be played in midfield and bring Tierney back in to the game. He’s too good to let go. We could always move Zinchenko back to left back when Tierney’s injured
Agree on this. This is up to Tierney. If he insists to be first choice, we may sell him. If he is ok to be rotated, there is no reason for us not to retain him
Tierney is fast and you need people with speed, so I would rotate his position and make him happy. Rice is not as good as Tierney
👍 Agree Aussie gooner. Arsensl should be trying to build a stronger squad, I can’t see how selling Tierney achieves this, particularly when the option of playing Kinchenko in midfield, where he plays for Ukraine. Tierney adds defensive strength where that is required and his wing play is good going forward.
Where on earth can you get a good left back like Tierney with 30 million
👍 Arsenal would be one injury away from difficulties at LB, if Tierney is sold. He will be needed for the number of competitions Arsenal will be committed to nexg season, let alone the run in in the EPL and Europa League this season.
Tierney, be kept.
👍 Arsenal would be one injury away from difficulties at LB, if Tierney is sold. He will be needed for the number of competitions Arsenal will be committed to nexg season, let alone the run in in the EPL and Europa League this season.
I really don’t think he needs to be sold to raise funds or for any reason at all, in fact he is needed as a valuable squad member. We all bang on about having two good players for every position and then when we get that situation, all of a sudden people start saying sell one of the two not getting many starts which is totally counter productive. We don’t need to sell stars like Tierney to raise money, money is not an issue for Arsenal, keeping our best players is the issue!
If squad depth has been a major issue, and that squad depth is now much better, then why go back to needing to sign players for good squad depth when Tierney is providing exactly that with Zinchenko there as well?
Just sell him and bring Tavares back so when Zinchenko gets injured and we struggle at LB then these nay sayers get what they wanted.
Oh and yes use the funds to buy rice whonis overrated because he is English.
He looks well below Parteys level and that is the level we need.
I know Arteta be listening to deluded ideas on forums and thank goodness for that
Won’t be
I don’t think tavares would be the replacement, we’d get someone else.
Agree with you on rice, though. I don’t see how he improves our first team at all, so anything remotely close to 100m is far too much.
+1. Agree with you on Rice. If he is good, West Ham should not be in current state. He should be able to contribute some goals if he is good. Leicester’s James Maddison is better.
@sws
RealTalk. I don’t get all the hype about Rice. Yeah, he shines at WH, but I don’t think he would slot in with our style of play. Plus his price tag is a joke. Sure we can find equally as good or better for less…Jus sayin
Caicedo was the ideal fit…buts that ship may have sailed now that he’s signed new deal…fee will be astronomical now
Don’t think he needs to be sold but if he wants to move on, we shouldn’t stand in his way either.
30m isn’t enough though. He’s a very good player with an excellent reputation – we should be looking for something more like 45m tbh.
Playing Tierney and Zinchenko in midfield would actually strengthen our side imo, but obviously Arteta does not share my views .The decision to play two attacking midfielders to support Partey did not work yesterday and I sincerely hope this does not happen again as neither Veiria nor Odegaard are adept defensively.
Got to agree with you Grandad.
Tiernay offers something different, and every now and then when things aren’t working it wouldn’t be a train smash to let Tiernay come in at LB and play his normal game and it changes the way our left flank operates.
On a side note, Zinchenko is showing AMN what needs to be done when you not considered a starter in your preferred position.