The big news from yesterday was that Kieran Tierney was to enter a period of isolation following a teammate giving a positive corcoronavirus test.

Whilst Tierney has tested negative, the Lothian Health Protection Team (LHPT) have decided that he had been in close contact with teammate Stuart Armstrong.

Tierney has stated his frustration at the situation, saying “I have adhered to all regulations and made sure I was socially distancing from my teammates in the hotel”.

Arsenal are right to demand answers from the Scottish Football Association.

Reports are that Tierney was playing a computer game in a hotel room, but had remained socially distanced.

A further test has also shown that Tierney has Coronavirus anti-bodies, indicating that he has probably already previously had the virus.

Arsenal are demanding to know why he has to isolate when he has produced a negative test and anti-bodies.

When you consider 3 Liverpool players have tested positive in recent weeks, but not a single player has had to isolate, you have to question the motive.

You have to wonder why international football is going on under current circumstances.

Domestically, football teams are within their own bubble in accordance to the country they play in. They play against sides in similar bubbles, playing under similar rules.

And then we have international football.

It brings together multiple different players, playing for multiple different teams, in multiple different countries with multiple different rules.

For all intents and purposes, a 25 man international squad could be made up of 25 different players playing in 25 different countries. Some tested every few days, others never tested.

If the message is “stop the spread”, how does international football fit in?

In England we have the Rule of 6 – where you can only have 6 people socialise together.

Up on Scotland it has just been announced that bars, pubs and cafes will have to shut at 6pm.

There are also quarantine periods that people coming from abroad have to undertake if they arrive to the UK, depending on which country they are coming in from.

We are all having to sacrifice our lives to ensure we limit the spread of COVID19.

But then we have international football which brings many different people together, living in many different countries.

It will be a breeding ground for COVID19, similar to what we are seeing at universities. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see a spike in positive tests in footballers following the international break.

Keenos

After a summer of being heavy linked with Thomas Partey and Houssem Aouar, Arsenal eventually signed one of them.

Arsenal triggered the Partey’s release clause mid-afternoon yesterday. And then the deal dragged on as he took his medical in Spain, before flying out to Ghana for international duty.

It is not only the biggest transfer of deadline day, but the biggest of the summer.

Partey is something Arsenal have missed for a while. A beast in the middle of the park. Someone who can dominate physically on his own.

A fantastic signing, he gives Mikel Arteta options.

In a midfield 3, Partey plays on the right hand side as one of the 8s. Able to drive forward with the ball, he naturally drifts out wide for Atletico Madrid to help out defensively.

Expect Hector Bellerin and Nicolas Pepe to benefit as they are freed up to attack knowing they have the big man inside them.

Granit Xhaka and Dani Ceballos will make up the rest of the midfield.

If Arteta sticks to 343, then it will be Xhaka and Partey starting, with Ceballos a more progressive options to bring off the bench – likely for Xhaka.

With Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi leaving, Partey is an upgrade on both.

He provides the power that Torreira was unable to, and the maturity and experience that Guendouzi did not have.

Arsenal still look a little light in midfield, especially when it comes to creative. But it is basically Torreira and Guendouzi out, Elneny and Partey in.

On Guendouzi, Arsenal moving him on loan is a smart move.

He is a talented land who perhaps started to believe his own hype. He developed an ego that his performances did not back up.

This time last year he was a £40m player following a fantastic debut season. Arsenal would have been lucky to get £20m this summer.

By moving him out on loan, Guendouzi has a chance to rebuild his career. To mature.

The fact he is off to Hertha Berlin rather than PSG, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid or Juventus would have come as a shock for the lad.

If he gets his head down at Hertha and performs well, there will be plenty of interest in Guendouzi next summer.

He is France U21 captain and an outside bet to make France’s Euro 2021 squad.

A good season might see the likes of Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Marseille, Inter Milan, etc after him. Arsenal could easily command £40m for him again. Even though he would only have a year left on his contract.

It has been a frustrating window at times, and we did not really resolve the lack of creativity.

Hopefully and improving defence with Gabriel in the middle, and Partey in the middle of the park will allow the likes of Ceballos, Saka, Willian and Pepe to play more expressively. To create more.

A strong defence frees up your attacking to players to do what they are paid to do in the final third.

The squad still needs work, but the business we have done this summer is positive:

Keenos