Mikel Arteta makes brutal final transfer decision on £25 million Arsenal star

Kieran Tierney may have played his last game for Arsenal after the club opted against taking up an option to extend is contract.

The Scotland international joined the Gunners from Celtic five years ago and quickly established himself as a firm fans’ favourite under Unai Emery.

Tierney’s Arsenal career has, however, heavily plagued by injuries to the extent that he was deem surplus to requirements last season and loaned out to Real Sociedad.

At his peak, the 27-year-old was consider https://ufabet999.app a potential future captain but he has steadily slippe down. Arteta’s pecking order to the extent whereby teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly has us as a makeshift left-back in recent weeks.

Tierney is allow to depart when the transfer window opens in January or he remains at Arsenal until the end of the current campaign.

Arteta’s left-back options are severely restrict at present owing to the injuries sustained by Riccardo Calafiori, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiroy Tomiyasu.

Ben White, meanwhile, who usually operates on the opposite flank underwent knee surgery in November, while Jurrien Timber is, himself, suffered a serious knee injury that ruled him out for the whole of last season.

Tierney did make an encouraging comeback in last night’s 3-2 Carabao Cup quarter final win over Crystal Palace, playing 69 minutes before he was force off with cramp.

He’s playing to his strengths, that’s something that we have to continue to learn because they give you a lot of informatio. They tell you not sometimes with their words but with a lot of information, where they feel more comfortable and certainly there is a much better fit for him,’ said Arteta of Tierney’s performance last night.