Arsenal ace Ainsley Maitland-Niles has taken to Instagram to send a strong and clear message to his club over his future amid ongoing transfer rumours and speculation ahead of deadline day.
The 23-year-old has not been a regular for the Gunners for some time now, despite previously looking a promising young talent and playing a key role for Mikel Arteta’s side when they won the FA Cup in the 2019/20 season.
Now, however, it seems pretty clear that Maitland-Niles seems to just want to be allowed a transfer away after falling down the pecking order and barely getting any opportunities under Arteta.
See below for the Instagram message he’s just posted…
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This is a bad look for Arsenal, who have in fact rejected an offer from Everton to take Maitland-Niles on loan, as per Chris Wheatley of football.london in the tweet below…
Ainsley Maitland-Niles on Instagram after Arsenal reject Everton’s loan offer for the midfielder #AFC pic.twitter.com/5RwWEQLGd9
— Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley_) August 30, 2021
Arsenal surely need to make up their minds here and either give a talented young player more game time, or allow him to move on and pursue a career elsewhere, as he quite clearly wants to.