Although the noise surrounding a potential exit from Arsenal for Kieran Tierney has somewhat dropped, this has not prevented the club from working on what will come after the Scottish international. Tierney has been mooted with a potential exit for some time.
Oleksandr Zinchenko's arrival in the summer immediately put the pressure on Tierney and from the first match of the Premier League season, he found himself on the bench. The Ukrainian became Mikel Arteta’s first choice in the role and Tierney had to feed off substitute appearances and rotation in the Europa League.
Even when Zinchenko was injured, the Arsenal boss instead favoured both Takehiro Tomiyasu and at the end of the season even Jakub Kiwior was used in the role. That said, a potential move to the likes of Newcastle United and Aston Villa, which has been reported, remains off the cards for the moment.
