Kieran Tierney set for Arsenal exit but rejects move to Premier League club

Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney is adjacent to reaching an statement with Celtic, according to reports.

The 27-year-old’s declaration with the Gunners is owed to expire this season, which volition let him to determination arsenic a escaped agent.

According to The Telegraph, Tierney has attracted involvement from respective clubs including Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, Sevilla and Everton.

However, the Scotland planetary has opted to instrumentality to his erstwhile nine and an statement implicit a pre-contract with Celtic is adjacent to being signed.

Tierney came done Celtic’s academy and made 170 appearances for the archetypal squad earlier his £25 cardinal determination to Arsenal successful 2019.

When asked astir a imaginable determination for Tierney past month, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said: ‘We’ll ever beryllium linked with apical players and particularly players that are 1 of us.

‘Kieran was an instrumental portion of a really, truly palmy play erstwhile I was here.

‘His talents past took him to different situation but we’ll beryllium linked with tons of names and with Kieran people due to the fact that of his situation. But we’ll lone speech astir a subordinate erstwhile he’s signed.’

During his clip astatine Arsenal, Tierney helped the nine triumph the FA Cup successful 2020.

Tierney spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Real Sociedad and has made lone 4 appearances for Mikel Arteta’s broadside this term.

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