Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney has been warned that a move to Newcastle may not be the step that he needs in his career. After starting just six of the league games this season under Mikel Arteta, his long-term prospects at the club are in doubt.
The Gunners invested wisely last summer to bring in Oleksandr Zinchenko, a player that offers tactical difference to Tierney's straight-lines, old-fashioned full-back approach. The Ukrainian international was instrumental in leading the title charge from a leadership perspective and on-field difference maker.
As a player able to drift inside the field he offered new angles to Arteta's approach and found Tierney consistently sidelined. The 26-year-old featured in 27 league games but only ten Yes of them were for more than 20 minutes. With still over three years left on his contract the club are now being forced to consider offers.
