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Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney is set to pen a pre-contract agreement that would take him back to Celtic on a free. transfer This summer, according to a report.
Arrived at Scotland International Armory In 2019, left his boyhood club for a fee in the region of £25m. Tierney spent last season on loan with Real Sociedad in La Liga, but injury took its toll in the Basque Country – a cruel fate that has punctuated his entire Gunners career.
Tierney has missed at least ten games due to fitness concerns during all but one of his five full seasons in the English capital. Mikel Arteta The Buccaneers have rarely turned to full-backs in recent years, instead deploying more comfortable roaming players in midfield.
Armory Opted against That triggers a one-year extension to Tierney’s current contract, which will be allowed to expire in June. Celtic was heavily attached With a move to graduate his academy, and now The Telegraph Claim the left-back is “on the verge” of agreeing his return to Glasgow.
As he is already in the last six months of his Arsenal deal, Tierney is able to sign a pre-contract agreement with any club outside of England before joining his future employers in the summer. Fellow midfielders Thomas Partey and Jorginho are both in the same position as their Scottish team-mates, although the latter is Exit Considerations This month.
Bayer Leverkusen, Sevilla and Juventus all expressed interest in Tierney prior to his return to Scotland.
Celtic Tierney’s fickle fitness is no stranger to misfortune, although he is a hugely popular figure in the green half of Glasgow.
The left-back famously had to be taken off in the 2017 Scottish Cup final after losing multiple teeth. Fortunately his dentist was in the stands at Hampden Park and performed emergency surgery on the defender at his nearby practice when his Celtic The teammates won the showpiece fixture. Tierney, still with blood around his mouth, turned back in time to pick up the cup.
