Scotland star Kieran Tierney has been told he's not even worth half of the £25m Arsenal paid for him last summer.
That's the view of Gunners icon Liam Brady who has delivered a downbeat assessment of his form side's transfer activity of recent years.
The former Celtic flop boss believes only rising striker Gabriel Martinelli has represented value for money for Mikel Arteta's struggling side.
The club icon also didn't miss former signing guru Raul Sanehlli and Unai Emery for their spell in charge that he believes have cost Arsenal dearly.
And Brady didn't spare Tierney, who was majestic against Chelsea, from his unwavering transfer assessment as he warned the current Gunners board that fans won't be fooled after their wretched start to the Premier League season.
Speaking to the Mirror, he said: “Look at the team we’ve got now.
“There’s not one player we have bought apart from Gabriel Martinelli – a relatively cheap signing – who is worth any more than we paid for them.
“Look at all the rest, none of them are worth what we paid for them. You’d be lucky to get half of the cash back now in an open market.
“We didn’t challenge the Champions League positions and we got into Europe because we won the FA Cup. Arsenal fans aren’t stupid. They are looking at the team thinking: ‘This isn’t going to challenge the top four’.
“Unless things change with the owners and board we will be treading water for the next few years. I feel sorry for Mikel Arteta, having to unravel all this.
“It’s going to take time. I can’t see them getting back to the top – unless you’ve got a brilliant manager.
“Arteta might be that – there’s been pluses and minuses so far. But he’s got to be given time to make sense of this.”
Tierney has been an ever=present this season and is widely regarded as one of Arsenal's best players after bouncing back after an injury-plagued first season in London.
