Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney is about to pen a pre-contract settlement which can take him again to Celtic on a free switch this summer season, based on a report.
The Scotland worldwide arrived at Arsenal in 2019, leaving his boyhood membership for a price within the area of £25m. Tierney spent final season on mortgage in La Liga with Actual Sociedad, however had his impression within the Basque Nation hampered by damage – a merciless destiny which has punctuated his total Gunners profession.
Tierney has missed at the least ten video games by health considerations throughout all however considered one of his 5 full seasons in England’s capital. Mikel Arteta has not often turned to the buccaneering full-back in recent times, as a substitute deploying gamers extra comfy wandering into midfield.
Arsenal opted towards triggering a one-year extension in Tierney’s present contract, which shall be allowed to run out in June. Celtic had been closely linked with a transfer for his or her academy graduate, and now The Telegraph declare that the left-back is “on the verge” of agreeing his return to Glasgow.
As he’s already within the final six months of his Arsenal deal, Tierney is ready to signal a pre-contract settlement with any membership outdoors England earlier than becoming a member of up together with his future employers in the summertime. Fellow midfielders Thomas Partey and Jorginho are each in the identical place as their Scottish teammate, though the latter is contemplating an exit this month.
Bayer Leverkusen, Sevilla and Juventus all reportedly confirmed curiosity in Tierney earlier than he settled on a return to Scotland.
Celtic are not any strangers to Tierney’s fickle health misfortune, though he stays an immensely well-liked determine within the inexperienced half of Glasgow.
The left-back famously needed to be taken off through the 2017 Scottish Cup remaining after shedding a number of tooth. Fortuitously his dentist was within the stands at Hampden Park and carried out emergency surgical procedure on the defender at his close by observe whereas his Celtic teammates received the showpiece fixture. Tierney, nonetheless with blood round his mouth, returned in time to raise the cup.