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Arsenal 2023 summer transfer window preview: Outgoings

By Andrew Ringer

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: Kieran Tierney of Arsenal in action during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match at the Etihad Stadium on January 27, 2023 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 27: Kieran Tierney of Arsenal in action during the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round match at the Etihad Stadium on January 27, 2023 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) /
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Kieran Tierney may go in search of more first-team minutes elsewhere. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)
Kieran Tierney may go in search of more first-team minutes elsewhere. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images) /

Kieran Tierney

Tierney’s potential departure has more to do with playing time than anything else. I don’t think that Arsenal would willingly sell Tierney due to his ability, but if he wants a more significant role than what he finds himself in given the emergence of Oleksandr Zinchenko, it would be hard to blame him. He is certainly good enough to be a consistent starting left-back in the Premier League or other European league, and if he wants to move to a place where he’ll have a more set role then Arsenal should let him.

To his credit, Tierney hasn’t said anything about wanting to leave the club and there should be plenty of important football to go around next season now that Arsenal have qualified for the Champions League, but the Gunners may find themselves forced to find a left-back to compete with Zinchenko this summer should Tierney leave.

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