Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney is set to sign a pre-contract deal that will take him back to Celtic on a free. transfer this summer, according to a report.
The Scottish international arrived arsenal in 2019, he left his boyhood club for a fee of £25 million. Tierney spent last season on loan in La Liga with Real Sociedad, but his impact in the Basque Country was hampered by injury, a cruel fate that has marked his entire Gunners career.
Tierney has missed at least ten games due to fitness issues in all but one of his five full seasons in the English capital. Mikel Arteta He has rarely turned to the buccaneer full-back in recent years, instead deploying players more comfortable roaming midfield.
arsenal opted against prompting a one-year extension on Tierney’s existing contract, which will be allowed to expire in June. Celtic had been strongly linked with a move for his academy graduate, and now The Telegraph claim the left-back is ‘close’ to agreeing a return to Glasgow.
As he is already in the final six months of his Arsenal deal, Tierney can sign a pre-contract agreement with any club outside England before joining up with his future employers in the summer. Fellow midfielders Thomas Partey and Jorginho are both in the same position as their Scotland team-mate, although the latter is considering an exit this month
Bayer Leverkusen, Sevilla and Juventus all showed interest in Tierney before deciding to return to Scotland.
Celtic are no strangers to Tierney’s physical misfortune, although he remains an immensely popular figure in the green half of Glasgow.
The left-back had to be withdrawn during the 2017 Scottish Cup final after losing several teeth. Fortunately, his dentist was in the stands at Hampden Park and performed emergency surgery on the defender at his nearby practice while his Celtic his teammates won the match of the show. Tierney, still with blood around his mouth, returned in time to raise his glass.
