Agbonlahor: Kieran Tierney may look to quit Arsenal future after axe
Kieran Tierney may be considering his future at Arsenal after his lack of game time this season, according to Gabby Agbonlahor.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-Aston Villa and England attacker insisted Tierney can have no complaints as he appears to be behind Takehiro Tomiyasu in the left-back pecking order.
The 25-year-old has only started three Premier League games this season but has started all of their Europa League fixtures.
Summer signing Oleksandr Zinchenko has established himself as Mikel Arteta’s first-choice left-back but he missed the 3-2 win over Liverpool last week (9 October) with an injury.
Right-back Tomiyasu was selected ahead of Tierney but the Scotland international was introduced with just less than 10 minutes remaining.
Asked whether he was surprised by Arteta’s selection, Agbonlahor told Football Insider correspondent Connor Whitley: “Not at all.
“It’s very clever from Arteta, he knows that Salah loves to come inside and Tomiyasu being right footed is there. It worked a treat.
“Also, Tomiyasu looks, to me, quicker than Tierney.
“It worked perfectly. Sometimes, it shows that a manager is not scared to make these decisions.
Asked whether Tierney will be considering his future, Agbonlahor said: “He probably will be.
“But if you are someone who is always injured, you can’t just come back from injury and expect to go straight back in.
“Tomiyasu has probably been pushing for a start and training well so it makes sense.
“Tierney’s got to understand that this isn’t Celtic now, this is the Premier League and if you’re not bang at it, you’re not going to start.”
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