Kieran Tierney sent definitive Arsenal transfer statement as Celtic and Newcastle put on high alert by Mikel Arteta call
dailyrecord.co.ukKieran Tierney has been bombed out of the Arsenal squad for the opening game of the season amid speculation over a transfer exit.
The Scotland star spent last season as second choice under Mikel Arteta but the boss appears to have sent a firm statement to the former Celtic captain over his future at the Emirates ahead of the first game of the Premier League campaign against Nottingham Forest.
The defender appears to be fit for the clash having not been included in the Spaniard's pre-match list of injuries but nonetheless finds himself out of the squad.
Tierney has been heavily linked with a move away from Arsenal this summer. A loan move back to boyhood club Celtic has been floated, and while Brendan Rodgers said last month that "you never know" what could happen, he insisted this week that he doesn't deal in "what ifs." Newcastle United have been tipped as potential suitors but but FFP restrictions and the arrival of Tino Livramento looks to have put Tierney on the backburner.
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