Mikel Arteta, Arsenal’s manager, has provided a significant update regarding Kieran Tierney’s future, addressing the speculation linking him with potential moves to Celtic and Newcastle United.
The defender had been a key figure at the Emirates, consistently featuring in the starting lineup. However, his position came under threat with the arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko, which resulted in Tierney assuming a backup role.
Despite the transfer rumours suggesting a possible return to Celtic, Arteta has now clarified that Tierney remains an integral part of his plans for the team. This statement suggests that the Scottish player is not set to leave Arsenal and will continue to be a part of the manager’s future strategies and considerations.
He said via Metro Football:
‘He is in our plans, and as you said, he came on really well [on Saturday in a pre-season match against Manchester United].
‘It’s not the first time, every time he’s played in pre-season, he’s been really good. This is why we want to create competition in the team, raise the level of each individual and that’s going to be a huge benefit for the team to get to another level.’
Just Arsenal Opinion
Tierney should be playing more often, but we are on the cusp of a very successful time and he would be wise to remain at the club for now.
The defender knows he will get more chances next season if he works hard enough and we believe he will rather stay than move to one of these clubs.
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We have the depth now, we just need the competition to keep everyone sharp.
I would only wish for a striker, so Jesus could compete with Saka and the new striker addition.
2 or maybe 3 changes every couple matches won’t kill the squad. Trossard was solid cover for Jesus and Martinelli at times.
Timber and Tierney will contribute, play Rice and Partey together and rotate at other times.
Havertz can cover several positions as well. Hopefully they earn their starts and play based on form.
Long season, 4 competitions, no reason to stick with 13 or 14 players most of the season.
Trossard played CF this morning and scored 2 of our 5 goals with a cracker from Vieira.
There will be plenty of matches for the players. If I am not mistaken, Arsenal will have 20 Premier matches (excluding the Community Shield), 6 champions league matches and 1 – 3 Carabao Cup matches.
He looked very happy with his assist in the win over Barca this morning.
I hope he stays, as we need depth, but I would understand it if he wanted to leave.
I’m looking forward to seeing below in the toughest games… Rice for England is immense defensively he and Partey should be immovable and Tierney at right back is solid as is White LB
White..Saliba..Gabriel..Tierney
…………………Partey..Rice
So now that MA has come out,I hope that it will stop all the talks about TP and KT.the boss has made it clear they are staying.even KT said he was happy at Arsenal, despite coming on as a sub,he reminded people that he still had 36 appearances which for him is pretty good(it may have something to do with how his body was managed.)on top of that,this season he will have more opportunities to play/contribute.
As for last night game, I’m hoping that is the confirmation that the criticism for Havertz, Vieira were premature.lastlywhen he plays like that,Trossard should start and not be dropped like last season, except to give him a breather.
Many a times there were complaints about lack of Depth at Arsenal; now that there is effort to try and ensure depth in the squad, debate about who will have sufficient game time arising, but these are opinionated by the press and not the players themselves. It must be the players’ responsibility to try and be competitive for first team play. We missed out on the EPL trophy only because 1 or 2 players got injured through a long spell. Jesus and Saliba so to say, there was seemingly no formidable replacement then and our effort started to dwindle. We have several competitions to involve in this new season and we need everyone around. Bukayo performance was affected by fatigue playing between Country and club and for his age we sought too much from him. Let’s stay focused and encourage players to show cause why they should start.