Kieran Tierney Nears Arsenal Return After Year-Long Absence

Arsenal’s left-back, Kieran Tierney, may be set to play his first match for the team in more than a year. The squad managed by Mikel Arteta is currently facing a significant injury crisis, with Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Magalhaes, and Thomas Partey all absent from the open segment of Arsenal’s training session ahead of their Champions League fixture against Monaco on Wednesday. Consequently, Tierney, whose last game for Arsenal was in August 2023 during the Community Shield against Manchester City, after experiencing injury problems and a loan spell at Real Sociedad, might now be called upon. Manager Arteta stated, “He is training really well. He’s going to have opportunity, for sure, with the way the team is looking.” Arteta further added, “He is going to do that for a reason as well because he has earned it. The way he has behaved – he has been with us, he is willing to do it.”