{"id":17370,"date":"2022-05-07T12:03:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/07\/aaron-hickey-speaks-out-on-arsenal-interest\/"},"modified":"2022-05-07T12:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T16:03:09","slug":"aaron-hickey-speaks-out-on-arsenal-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/07\/aaron-hickey-speaks-out-on-arsenal-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Hickey speaks out on Arsenal interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Reported Arsenal target Aaron Hickey has spoken out about the Gunners\u2019 reported interest in him.<\/p>\n<p>Hickey is currently plying his trade in the Serie A with Scotland, joining the Italian outfit from Hearts back in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Glasgow native began his career at Celtic, before then joining Hearts\u2019 youth system for a second time in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"gg101-at-label absolute\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item flex aic gg101__brandbox--item_no-border\" data-segment='{\"block_widget_id\":\"1670456\",\"block_widget_type\":\"cta-shortcode-button\",\"brand_id\":765961,\"brand_name\":\"Bet365\",\"offer_text\":\"New customers bet u00a310 and get u00a350 in free bets!\"}'>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__image\">\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/165x165_Bet365-squareLogo.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Bet365 Brand Logo\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__link\">New customers bet \u00a310 and get \u00a350 in free bets!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: #008061\">\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet365.com\/?affiliate=365_851681&amp;bet=1#\/HO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" class=\"gg101__brandbox--item__get flex aic jcc mla\"><span class=\"cjbb__fraction only_fraction\" style=\"color:white;\">BET NOW<\/span><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gg101__brandbox-t-and-c\">Open Account Offer. 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UK &amp; ROI residents only<\/div>\n<p>Hickey, despite being 19, has become a regular feature for Bologna, featuring 45 times across all competitions, including 33 times in the league this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager is a natural left-back, but he can also operate on the right and is comfortable in a wing-back role.<\/p>\n<p>And after excelling throughout 2021\/22, Hickey found himself linked with Arsenal at the beginning of May:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u20ac20m \u2013 Hickey to Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s emerged in the last hour that Arsenal are keen to get Hickey over the line as their first summer signing.<\/p>\n<p>Would be in line with their new youthful side, scout linked to Bologna after Tomiyasu signing &amp; Tierney injuries plus no settled RB.<\/p>\n<p>??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I7zvfmWLyl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/I7zvfmWLyl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ScotsAbroadPod (@ScotsAbroadPod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotsAbroadPod\/status\/1521212581934993409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nGiven Hickey\u2019s versatility, Nuno Tavares\u2019 questionable displays and Arsenal\u2019s need for some right-back cover, the teenager would likely be a good addition to Mikel Arteta\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in a recent interview, the full-back has been quizzed on Arsenal\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports, Hickey said: \u201cI do see quite a lot of talk. One of my friends text me today saying \u2018what\u2019s happening here, lad?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re sending me stuff for transfers and talks, but it\u2019s nice to know there\u2019s interest of other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives you some confidence and stuff. You just keep your head down and focus in football.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/brighton-hove-albion-vs-manchester-united-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion vs Manchester United betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/chelsea-vs-wolves-betting-tips-premier-league-preview-predictions-odds-2\/\">Chelsea vs Wolves betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reported Arsenal target Aaron Hickey has spoken out about the Gunners\u2019 reported interest in him. Hickey is currently plying his trade in the Serie A with Scotland, joining the Italian outfit from Hearts back in 2020. The Glasgow native began his career at Celtic, before then joining Hearts\u2019 youth system for a second time in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-17370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}