Arsenal should NOT sell Kieran Tierney this summer.
That's the verdict of former Gunners star Lauren who has pointed to his display against Spain for Scotland as evidence to how good a player the Celtic diehard is. Minutes have been limited at club level for the full-back due to the form of summer signing Oleksandr Zinchenko as the North London club continue their push for the English Premier League title.
The former Manchester City man has arguably been one of the players of the season at the Emirates and that has meant very limited game-time with most time on the park coming from the bench for Tierney under former Rangers midfielder Mikel Arteta.
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Newcastle - who could be playing Champions League football next season - have been strongly linked with a move for the ex-Celtic star. Eddie Howe is believed to be a huge fan with a transfer fee over the £30million mark being rumoured to land his services.
However, Lauren doesn't see why the left-back should leave the club and why his former side would want to sell him. He has looked at the bigger picture and said it is vital for squad depth that he stays but at the end of the day it will likely come down to what he wants.
Speaking to sportingpost.com, he said: "I don’t see why he should go. If Arsenal don’t need the money, why would you sell him?
"He’s a very good player. We saw it against Spain in the recent international for Scotland and he played very well. He understands the ideas of Arteta now – rather than being in the wide areas, tucking inside and being like another midfield player, receiving the ball from the centre backs and then starting the moves from there.
"You need everyone and you need Kieran to be in the squad. You never know from now, anything can happen with injuries and he needs to be focused and to play the way he is being asked by Arteta.
"For next year it depends on what he wants. If he wants to be in a team week-in, week-out then it’s his decision. But for Arsenal you need the bigger squad and they should keep him."
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