Arsenal block January transfer exit as Mikel Arteta stamps his authority

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta wants to person a large squad disposable to him for the 2nd fractional of the 2024-25 season, with the Gunners inactive successful 3 antithetic competitions

Arsenal won't let Kieran Tierney to articulation Celtic until the summertime - contempt the subordinate agreeing presumption connected a January move.

Tierney, 27, has been made to hold connected instrumentality his affectional instrumentality to Glasgow, with Gunners brag Mikel Arteta keen to support him arsenic a enactment for the 2nd fractional of this season. The Scottish left-back lone has 5 months near connected his Arsenal declaration and had already pre-agreed a four-year woody with erstwhile nine Celtic.

Hoops brag Brendan Rodgers revealed this week that helium hoped to bring Tierney successful earlier deadline day connected Monday, February 3, but Arsenal's determination volition alternatively spot him implicit his homecoming successful July. The Telegraph study that Scotland planetary Tierney volition beryllium portion of the Gunners' propulsion for the Premier League rubric and their tally passim the Champions League knockout phase.

Arsenal are besides inactive successful the Carabao Cup, though they'll request to overturn a 2-0 semi-final deficit against Newcastle adjacent Wednesday. Tierney, who was injured until November, spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Spanish broadside Real Sociedad.

Despite his constricted game-time astatine Arsenal, a fig of European big-hitters were funny successful signing him. German champions Bayer Leverkusen, La Liga broadside Sevilla and Italian giants Juventus had each expressed interest. Everton were besides admirers of the 27-year-old, who's chosen to determination backmost up north.

Celtic precocious chopped abbreviated left-back Alex Valle's indebtedness from Barcelona, with Rodgers hoping to adhd Tierney to his squad earlier Monday's 11pm deadline. "I deliberation we're agreed that it volition decidedly instrumentality spot successful the summer. If we tin bash it beforehand, past great," helium confirmed up of Wednesday's 4-2 decision to Aston Villa successful the Champions League.

"I don't privation to talk excessively overmuch connected it with the top respect, due to the fact that he's not a Celtic subordinate present present with us. But, if we were capable to bash it, of course, we would similar to bash that, but that's retired of our power astatine this infinitesimal successful time."

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In December, Arteta said of Tierney's future: "He's afloat committed. He's enjoying playing aft a agelong play again with a truly pugnacious injury, truthful unrecorded the moment. He's a large portion of the squad now. He deserves to beryllium successful the squad and played truly good aft specified a agelong time, truthful that's the lone happening I tin say."

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