Kieran Tierney's time at Arsenal could be coming to an end this summer amid strong transfer interest from Newcastle. The Scotland international has seen his minutes significantly reduced following the arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City ahead of the 2022/23 season.
For the system Mikel Arteta wishes to deploy at the Gunenrs, Zinchenko is arguably the most crucial player to it being successful. As is rather well-known now, the Ukraine international plays an inverted role to essentially form a deep-lying midfield two with Thomas Partey.
That plan allows space for Granit Xhaka and Martin Odegaard to terrorise opposition teams. During the first few months of the season, Gabriel Jesus also benefited from Zinchenko's usual position being more central as it allowed him to drop into a deeper role coming in from the left that in turn creates great attacking moments for Gabriel Martinelli.
