Arsenal welcomed left-back Kieran Tierney again to staff coaching this week because the Scotland worldwide steps up his return to aggressive motion.
Tierney spent final season on mortgage with Actual Sociedad in Spain and had been tipped to go away the membership completely throughout the summer season, just for a nasty hamstring damage at Euro 2024 to place an finish to any speak of a possible switch.
He returned to particular person coaching in September and now seems to be again with Mikel Arteta’s group, with coaching footage exhibiting Tierney concerned with the remainder of the squad.
Tierney misplaced his place within the Arsenal beginning lineup throughout the 2022/23 season, beginning simply six Premier League video games, earlier than his profession on the Emirates seemed to be drawn to an in depth with the Sociedad mortgage.
Sadly, a handful of muscle accidents restricted him to only 14 La Liga begins final yr, and his comeback with Scotland got here to an abrupt finish with a hamstring damage within the Euro group stage.
Now again and out there to Arsenal, Tierney, who’s included within the Gunners’ Champions League squad, might provide some very important cowl at a time wherein Arteta’s aspect face a unending run of matches.
Riccardo Calafiori and Takehiro Tomiyasu are each unavailable, which might current a chance for Tierney to return, though Arteta does nonetheless have Jurrien Timber, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Jakub Kiwior to name on at left-back.
