Yannick Bolasie has claimed on Twitter that Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal ‘don’t trust’ January signing, Jakub Kiwior.
This comes amid Arsenal’s issues at centre-back, where star man William Saliba is injured and Rob Holding has had to come in and cover for the France international.
For Bolasie, he has questioned why the Gunners haven’t used Jakub Kiwior in the Premier League, given that they paid £20 million (Sky Sports) for the Poland star in January.
Up until now, Arsenal have been outstanding and they are punching above their weight, in terms of pushing for the Premier League title.
One area of concern from the fans has been the lack of depth in the squad and the quality behind their star XI.
That’s proving to be the case with William Saliba’s injury, as Bolaise thought that the lack of trust in Kiwior is showing because he was supposed to ‘come in ahead’ of Holding.
THERE IS TRUST IN KIWIOR
If Arsenal didn’t trust the 23-year-old, then why would they have paid big bucks for the player? The fact of the matter is, and it’s understandable, he’s not ready yet.
He was brought in to play a back-up role, perhaps get some games in Europe, or from the bench and then kick on next season when he has a pre-season under his belt, not get drafted straight into a title battle.
Arteta didn’t expect Saliba to be injured, and then Ben White being unable to move to centre-back because Takehiro Tomiyasu is also out, which then leaves only Holding to pick from.
To throw Kiwior straight into the deep end, when he isn’t even warm in his own seat, would have been pretty harsh on the kid.
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