Arsenal star Kieran Tierney misses pre-season programme in a big sign his Emirates career is over
Kieran Tierney has been left out of Arsenal's squad for their clash with Bayer Leverkusen.
He Gunners They will face the Bundesliga champions at the Emirates on Wednesday evening in their penultimate pre-season game.
But among the list of ArsenalTeam members in the pre-match programme, TierneyThe name of was not included.
The Scottish international, who is a huge fan favourite, was not fit to play in the match after his thigh injury sustained at Euro 2024.
However, it is not usually necessary to completely exclude players from the squad when they are injured.
Gunners fans were also quick to spot his omission.
“The same thing happened with (Nicolas) Pepe last season, if I remember correctly,” said one, referring to former Arsenal player Pepe, who left for Trabzonspor.
A second said: “Kieran Tierney He is not even included in the match day programme. He is 100 percent certain to leave.”
The 27-year-old defender has long been linked with a summer transfer after spending last season on loan at Spanish side Real Sociedad.
Tierney admitted to talkSPORT in a interview in April that he is unsure of what the future holds for him in north London.
He also claimed that his loan move last season was the right decision for both him and the club as they look to regain their form after falling down the pecking order.
The left back lost his place to Oleksandr Zinchenko in the 2022/23 season.
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And now he also has to fight against new signings. Ricardo CalafioriJurrien Timber, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Jakub Kiwior for a starting spot.
Tierney has been with Arsenal since his £25million move from Celtic in 2019 and has made 124 appearances.
In that time he has won The FA Cup and two Community Shields.
