Mikel Arteta is ready to part ways with Kieran Tierney. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Celtic have opened negotiations with Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney, who is believed to be keen on a return to Glasgow in 2025.
The defender left the Scottish champions in 2021 as a highly-rated talent, joining the Gunners as part of a £25m offer. The 27-year-old has made 125 appearances for the north London club, but his spell at the Emirates Stadium has been overshadowed by injuries.
The Scotland international missed the entire start of the 2024/25 campaign due to a hamstring injury he picked up with his national team in the summer but has since recovered, Mikel Arteta stated that Tierney would be given a chance to play.
The left-back started in Arsenal’s Carabao Cup quarter-final win against Crystal Palace last month but hasn’t seen a minute of action since.
Having entered the final six months of his Arsenal contract, Tierney has been tipped to leave the Gunners weeks ago and it seems the 27-year-old has found his next club.
Kieran Tierney will leave Arsenal in 2025
according to Sky Sportstalks have begun between Celtic and Tierney’s representatives over a pre-contract ahead of a summer move as a free agent. The 27-year-old is believed to be keen on a return to Glasgow and that could come sooner than expected.
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The Scottish champions are believed to be exploring a loan move for the left-back during the current window and are expected to make contact with Arsenal to begin negotiations in the coming days, with Arteta already telling the defender who can leave the north London club.
It would be a brilliant move for Tierney as the full-back needs to return to regular football and there is no better place to help the Arsenal star rediscover himself than where he made his name in the first place .
