Kieran Tierney's ready to play! Arsenal boss Unai Emery declares defender available to start in Premier League

Fresh start: Tierney joined the club in the summer from Celtic in a deal worth £25million
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Unai Emery has confirmed Kieran Tierney is ready to make his Premier League debut for Arsenal at Sheffield United on Monday night.

The left-back joined the club in the summer from Celtic in a deal worth £25million, but a groin injury delayed his start.

Tierney has so far made just two appearances, playing against Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup and Standard Liege in the Europa League.

The 22-year-old missed Scotland’s fixtures during the international break to work on his conditioning.

“He’s ready to play,” said Emery. “Now we have two options in that left-back role with Sead Kolasinac and him. We’re going to play a lot of matches after Monday and we will need every player.

“It depends how he, Sead, comes into the first training with us after his international matches.

“We now have two players in that position and we can use one on Monday, it depends how they are, one or the other.”

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The match against the Blades is the start of a busy period for Arsenal, as they face seven games in 19 days before the next break. Emery, however, is confident his squad can cope given the level of depth he now has. “Our players — every one — are prepared to play a lot of matches,” he said. “When we decided how we can do our squad for this season, we were thinking how to have different players for each position.”

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