{"id":526983,"date":"2023-09-09T11:46:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T10:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=526983"},"modified":"2023-09-09T11:46:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T10:46:34","slug":"arsenal-have-made-kieran-tierney-mistake-after-deal-agreed-pundit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/arsenal-have-made-kieran-tierney-mistake-after-deal-agreed-pundit\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal have made Kieran Tierney &#8216;mistake&#8217; after deal agreed &#8211; pundit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Arsenal made a &#8220;mistake&#8221; letting Kieran Tierney go on loan this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>, former Celtic and West Ham striker Frank McAvennie said he is &#8220;delighted&#8221; Tierney is finally getting game time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 27 August, the Gunners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/kieran-tierney-premier-league-real-sociedad-loan-la-liga\">confirmed<\/a> the 26-year-old has joined Real Sociedad for the 2023-24 campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All the best this season, Kieran \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>&mdash; Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1695858921380999407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The defender was left out of matchday squad for the club&#8217;s first three Premier League games before his switch to Spain was confirmed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tierney has struggled for game time at the Emirates and fell further down the pecking order following the arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko from Man City last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The left-back started just six Premier League games last term and Tierney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/23680658.mikel-arteta-delivers-kieran-tierney-arsenal-transfer-latest\/\">confirmed<\/a> he didn&#8217;t miss a single match because of injury in the 2022-23 campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McAvennie suggested Mikel Arteta could come to regret letting the defender leave this summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>I think it was a mistake for them to let Tierney go<\/em>,&#8221; he told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>I do not know why he could not get into the side but It is great for Tierney. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/05\/Arteta-1200-\u00d7-824px-2-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal\" class=\"wp-image-510855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/05\/Arteta-1200-\u00d7-824px-2-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/05\/Arteta-1200-\u00d7-824px-2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/05\/Arteta-1200-\u00d7-824px-2-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/05\/Arteta-1200-\u00d7-824px-2-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/05\/Arteta-1200-\u00d7-824px-2-750x515.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/05\/Arteta-1200-\u00d7-824px-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>He is just a boy from Glasgow wanting to play football and is away to Spain which is brilliant for him. I am delighted for him because he is a top, top player. How he can&#8217;t get into the Arsenal team is bizarre.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scotland international has made two appearances for the La Liga side so far this season and started his first La Liga game in a 5-3 win over Granada last weekend (2 September).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/kieran-maguire-drops-absolutely-critical-arsenal-verdict-as-new-deal-agreed\/\">Kieran Maguire drops \u2018absolutely critical\u2019 Arsenal verdict as new deal agreed<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal made a &#8220;mistake&#8221; letting Kieran Tierney go on loan this season. Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, former Celtic and West Ham striker Frank McAvennie said he is &#8220;delighted&#8221; Tierney is finally getting game time. On 27 August, the Gunners confirmed the 26-year-old has joined Real Sociedad for the 2023-24 campaign. 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