Mikel Arteta makes brutal final transfer decision on £25 million Arsenal star
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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.
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Tierney’s Arsenal career has, however, been heavily plagued by injuries to the extent that he was deemed surplus to requirements last season and loaned out to Real Sociedad. At his peak, the 27-year-old was considered a potential future captain but he has steadily slipped down Arteta’s pecking order to the extent whereby teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly has been used as a makeshift left-back in recent weeks.
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Tierney’s current deal was set to expire in the summer but Arsenal had the option to extend by a further 12 months but the date by which a decision had to be made on that has now passed. A return to Celtic is now on the cards, according to the Scottish Sun, and it remains to be seen whether or not Tierney is allowed 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 restricted at present owing to the injuries sustained by Riccardo Calafiori, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiroy Tomiyasu. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
