Tierney got here on throughout Sunday's Community Shield win over Manchester City at Wembley. However, he made an enormous mistake within the build-up to Cole Palmer's opening objective.

At the time, Manchester United legend Roy Keane hit out at Tierney. He mentioned on ITV: "Brilliant finish. I think Tierney could’ve done better, because obviously he knows that it’s a left-footer. I think it’s not great defending, but beautiful finish."

Tierney spoke about his future in July and insisted he had not spoken to Arteta about leaving. He mentioned: "It’s not really up to me. I’m happy, I’m working hard every day and getting minutes. I’m just trying to do as well as I can.

"You can’t play each single sport, each single season, each single yr. I don’t anticipate that and I nonetheless made a number of appearances final yr."