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Arsenal suffer HUGE transfer blow as star stretched off in agony
Robin Bairner
- 20 Jun 2024 08:10 BST
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Arsenal suffered a nightmare scenario on Wednesday as they saw Kieran Tierney stretchered off in pain during Scotland’s Euro 2024 encounter with Switzerland.
Tierney jarred his knee midway through the second half of the encounter as he tracked back in a bid to block a Swiss attack in the fixture, which finished as a 1-1 draw.
He collapsed to the ground in obvious pain and was removed from the field on a stretcher.
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STATS
Kieran Tierney
D (CL), M (L)
Real Sociedad
Kieran Tierney
D (CL), M (L)
Real Sociedad
Scotland manager Steve Clarke immediately indicated after the game that he thought the injury was a bad one.
“It looks pretty bad. We have to assess it but Kieran won't make the next game,” he told BBC Sport.
“He's a top player for us. Does ever so well. It's a shame but someone else has got to step in and step up to the mark.”
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Injury curse strikes again
It is just the latest in a line of injury blows to befall the 27-year-old left-back, with these constant physical problems part of the reason he was replaced by Mikel Arteta in the left-back role.
But now this problem poses a serious headache for Arsenal, who would have counted on a transfer fee for the defender this summer. There is a strong possibility that Tierney faces missing out until beyond the end of the transfer window, jeopardising a potential move and potentially costing the Gunners millions – as well as the opportunity to reinforce their side in another position.
According to recent reports, Arsenal were willing to accept a fee of just €12 million (£10m) for the Scotland international, who has an Estimated Transfer Value of closer to €21m. Newcastle have supposedly turned him down at this price, leaving his future at the top level under question.
At his peak, he was worth €64m, yet constant injury problems have seen Tierney’s valuation plummet and mean that any club moving for him this summer would be taking a major risk.
