Six clubs chasing Arsenal outcast who Arteta ‘wants’ to keep in ‘important role’

Kieran Tierney reportedly has six suitors after him, but Mikel Arteta wants him to stay at Arsenal and play an important role for the club next season.

Tierney spent last season with Real Sociedad, being loaned out due to the presence of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu in the Gunners squad. With the pair still present, and Riccardo Calafiori who can play as a left-back being signed, it would appear there is little room for him in the squad.

Tierney has been linked with a move away throughout the summer, yet nothing has come of it to this point.

That s despite six clubs being keen on him, with from Celtic, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Girona, Sevilla and Valencia.

While there are clubs that want him, Arteta does not fancy letting him go. Indeed, the…