Arsenal have been instructed to exercise a recall clause in the loan deal that took Kieran Tierney to Real Sociedad.

Many Gunners supporters are not impressed with the displays of Oleksandr Zinchenko this season.

One of those fans is former Arsenal favorite and France World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit.

Petit told DAZN Bet: "From what I've seen recently, I think they should recall players who have been on loan, like Tierney for example, the left-back, because Zinchenko looks a little bit tired as well.

"The fact that Mikel Arteta doesn't have a lot of options to change his 1st 11 for me, this is one of the biggest problems for him. Look at Manchester City for example, they can play without De Bruyne, they can play without important players and they still win games, and they are still very hard to beat.

"So I'm pretty sure Arsenal are still in the race, but it will depend on what they will do in the transfer market. They definitely need to add new players. A striker, midfielder and central defender.

"But from what I've seen recently, I think they should recall players who have been on loan, like Tierney for example, the left-back, because Zinchenko looks a little bit tired as well. But for me, the spine of the team is very important, we've seen that against West Ham."