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Arsenal will have “great competition” in the left-back spot if they signed Jordan Amavi this summer, according to former Aston Villa star Alan Hutton. Amavi is out of contract at Marseille in the summer and he has been linked with a free transfer to the Gunners.

Arsenal are in the market for a left-back to provide cover for Kieran Tierney.

Mikel Arteta allowed Sead Kolasinac to leave the club on loan in January to rejoin Schalke.

Kolasinac still has a year remaining on his Arsenal deal but he doesn’t appear to be in Arteta’s plans going forward.

Amavi, 27, spent two years in England at Aston Villa between 2015 and 2017.

He has been at Marseille since leaving Villa and has made over 100 appearances for the French side.

Hutton played in the same team as Amavi at Villa Park and is pleased to see him linked with a club the size of Arsenal.

And he thinks there would be a good battle between him and Tierney for the starting spot.

“I actually read that story earlier this morning,” Hutton told Football Insider.

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“He is a great guy. Everybody really liked him in the squad. For me personally, I thought he was a fantastic player. He’s really gone away and shown that at Marseille, which is a massive club on its own.

“He was always a talented player. Again, very attack-minded, he could get caught out once or twice but I think he’s improved that.

“He’s a little bit older now, he’s experienced the Premier League so he knows what he’s stepping into.

“If he goes to Arsenal, they’re a massive club trying to get back to those top European places. He will have great competition with Tierney there.

“For a young French boy to come in, he just got on with everybody. He was funny and everybody really liked him. It’s nice to see him getting his rewards.”

Last week Arteta admitted there are plenty of improvements needed to his squad, with Arsenal down in 10th in the table.

“When you look at the league table it is not acceptable,” Arteta said.

“We are Arsenal and we should be nowhere near here. If somebody is happy with that he is in the wrong place.

“A year ago if you’d have told me everything that’s happened I would have said ‘what are you talking about?’ But the reality is that a lot has happened so let’s go day by day.

“We are very far. Very, very far (from where we want to be). There’s still a lot to improve, a lot of quality to add.”

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