Question marks have appeared over the futures of several Arsenal players this summer, but not many expected Kieran Tierney to be among those with uncertainty surrounding them.
"No, and you know that I’m not gonna be commenting on individual cases," Mikel Arteta replied when asked if he was aware of reports linking the player to Manchester City last week. Nobody is doubting the quality and the commitment in which the Scotsman possesses, but a number of injury setbacks along with the arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko have once again seen him lose his starting spot, and it's a situation that may cause him to reconsider his position moving forward.
It was Nuno Tavares who was initially brought in last summer in an attempt to ease the pressure off Tierney and provide the 25-year-old with sufficient competition throughout the 2021/22 campaign. However, Tavares' inexperience ultimately proved that it was too soon for him to hold down a regular place in the first-team squad.
