Exclusive: Arsenal star accepts he’s no longer in Mikel Arteta’s plans ahead of likely January transfer

Kieran Tierney is continuing to work his way back to full fitness after the awful hamstring injury he suffered at the Euros in the summer while playing for Scotland.

Had that injury not happened, I’m sure Tierney would have been playing for another club right now. That was certainly the plan anyway following his loan spell with Real Sociedad last season.

There is no animosity there. He knows the club has moved on and that his qualities as a left-back are not what Arsenal need in the system that they play.

He has been included in Arsenal’s Premier League squad for the season so he could play once fit, but I struggle to really see that happening.