Tierney going to Newcastle

[Marc Overmars]

I like Zinchenko but can’t really deny that he does lose the ball in dangerous areas a lot.

I appreciate his ability be an extra option in midfield but I feel like it’s a party trick that isn’t really suited to the majority of teams we’ll face as it isn’t going to break a deep block. Against the better teams who actually try to play football it’s useful but the fact this is our permanent option now seems a bit risky to me.

When Tierney came on against Everton he drifted into midfield too. Which leads me to believe this is something Arteta wants from all his left backs. Not quite sure there’s another left back out there who’s comfortable enough to play like that effectively.

I’ll just put this down to some weird Pep/Arteta hipster thinking.