Arsenal: 3 reasons Sead Kolasinac shouldn’t be part of any overhaul

1. Bukayo Saka isn’t a leftback

The only possible argument I can fathom for selling Kolasinac is that he is, in fact, too injury prone, which doesn’t pair well with Kieran Tierney, who’s been hurt all year. But Tierney is not an injury-prone player, and I have a sneaking suspicion that if Kolasinac’s appearances can be limited thanks to Tierney lightening the load, everyone will stay healthier.

The point is, if we sell Kolasinac, we shouldn’t be buying another leftback. Money is precious these days, and I’d hate to spend any of it on a position that we already have covered. Maybe Cedric Soares can be the swingman, but he’s naturally a rightback, and I wouldn’t want to deviate from that unless absolutely necessary.

More than anything though, I don’t want to count on Bukayo Saka to be a leftback. As of yet, we have no reason to believe that he is suddenly okay with changing his role to that of leftback, and as he still has eyes on being a winger, I would hate to see him get lost as yet another young star to be disenchanted by playing out of position.

Maybe things are changing and we just haven’t heard anything, but until we can say for certain that Saka is happy at leftback, I can’t endorse relying on him to even fill in at the position if an alternative exists. Sead Kolasinac is that alternative.