Takehiro Tomiyasu has vowed to fight for his place in the Arsenal team and believes competing with Ben White will make him a better player.
The Japan international was last season a regular for Arsenal, after joining them from Bologna in a deal worth around £16million, but has since lost his starting place to White, who has shifted from the heart of defence to right-back.
Tomiyasu, who did start Thursday night’s win over Bodo/Glimt, says he must expect competition at a club like Arsenal and is ready to compete for his spot in Mikel Arteta’s team.
For me it doesn’t matter which competition I play. Even if it is Europa League or a cup game, I want to help the team on the pitch,” he said. “But if you want to get back your position you have to be much, much better. Today was not my top, top performance so I am not satisfied with my performance.
“If you are playing in a big club, like Arsenal, there is always competition with the other players. Competition makes me a lot better. To be fair, he (White) is doing very well, he is doing fantastic. I need to learn from him a lot of things during the training sessions as well.”
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Arsenal cruised to victory at home on Thursday against Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League, with striker Eddie Nketiah opening the scoring in a 3-0 win after 23 minutes. Rob Holding headed home a second four minutes later and Fabio Vieira wrapped up the win with a late goal before the end.
“It was really good to get three points and a clean sheet as well,” said Tomiyasu. “For me it was not an easy game. After Eddie’s goal and Rob’s goal, the game was a bit scrappy. We couldn’t control the game for 90 minutes, so for me it was not enough. I am not happy with my performance.”
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