Kieran Tierney is enjoying his time at Real Sociedad, where he is spending this season on loan.
The left-back struggled for game time while at Arsenal and decided to leave on loan at the start of this term to play more.
Oleksandr Zinchenko is the undisputed number one at the Emirates despite Tierney’s undoubted qualities, and the Scotsman is enjoying life in Spain.
It is never easy to move to a country that does not speak English, and Tierney took a huge risk to accept the challenge from Real Sociedad.
Fortunately for him, one of his Arsenal mates has played for the Spanish club, and he received some help.
Martin Odegaard played on loan at Sociedad when he was with Real Madrid, and Tierney reveals that the Arsenal captain helped him.
He told the Daily Mail:
‘I did speak to him a lot and he was helpful.
‘They love him here. They would want him back any time.’
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Odegaard’s help will make life less tricky for Tierney in Spain, but the Scotsman is a strong character, and we expect him to find success in La Liga in this campaign.
When he returns, a decision will have to be made about his future as a Gunner.
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This is no surprise, Odegaard was instrumental in the Scott’s choosing Real Sociedad, but life on loan fór both players there has been nothing short of been spectacular.
Prior to the injury ofTierny, he was on fire to the point fans calling him Roberto Carlos at his new club.
I would encourage any fan in doubt, watch a replay of the champions league game played between Real Sociedad vs Inter Milan.
The problem with many Brits fans,is that they think that there is no life/career outside the PL .how wrong!!
Their is a 99.9% chance that he will be released. That won’t be a surprise!
Despite his wretched injury record, he will attract a lot of interest and I expect Arsenal to recoup at least 10m of the 25m they paid for him.
Probably that paltry figure is about right Grandad, though the sheer waste of a top class talent was handled with spectacular disregard for the money he WOULD HAVE FETCHED if promptly sold ,once it was clear – as it was very early on-that MA did not want him
I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN MANAGERS HAVE CERTAIN OBJECTION TO SOME, EVEN TOP CLASS PLAYERS who they either inherited or even bought themselves.
But to dither while his value plummeted was IMO sheer foolishness.