Arsenal want to sell the 26-year-old defender Kieran Tierney despite a loan offer from Spanish club Real Sociedad, reported The Atheltic.
The left-back has offers from many clubs which is why Arsenal are not much attentive towards Sociedad’s offer.
Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Celtic are the clubs that are also interested in the Scot.
The Gunners are keen to sell Tierney as the head coach Mikel Arteta left him out of Arsenal’s Premier League opening game against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Even though the club is having talks with clubs over the left-back’s transfer, Arteta has publicly stated that the defender is in his plans.
“He is obviously in our plans,” Arteta said two weeks ago. “He came on and did really good in pre-season, not for the first [time], and this is what we want. To increase the level of competition in the team and raise the level of each individual.
“That is going to be a huge benefit for the team to get to another level.”
On the other hand, Tierney also opened up on his future with the London club.
“It’s not really up to me (my future),” Tierney said of his situation. “I’m happy, I’m working hard every day and getting minutes. I’m just trying to do as well as I can.
“No (I have not had conversations with Arteta).
“You can’t play every single game, every single season, every single year. I don’t expect that and I still made a lot of appearances last year.”
Arsenal — after beating Manchester City on penalties in the Community Shield 2023 — proved that they are no longer the team they were during the last decade. With every passing week, they only seem to be growing tactically as well as mentally all while playing dominating football.
The addition of Declan Rice is pivotal for Mikel Arteta as he needed an experienced soldier in his midfield to take charge of the game when things do not go their way.
