Kieran Tierney of Scotland reacts as he’s stretchered off after injuring his leg while being challenged by Dan Ndoye of Switzerland throughout the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match. (Picture by Justin Setterfield/Getty Photos)
He’s surplus to necessities at Arsenal, however Kieran Tierney has agreed a megabucks cope with Celtic the place he’ll be the perfect paid participant.
The settlement for Tierney to maneuver north of the border has been in place for some time now, however Mikel Arteta refused to permit the participant to depart in the summertime.
Issues may’ve labored out a lot in a different way after West Ham agreed a deal for Tierney with Arsenal throughout the summer season, although the participant’s thoughts was clearly made as much as return to Celtic.
Kieran Tierney to develop into Celtic’s highest earner
Based on journalist, Pete O’Rourke, talking on Soccer Insider’s Inside Observe podcast, Tierney will now develop into Celtic’s best-paid participant underneath Brendan Rodgers.
It isn’t clear precisely how a lot he’ll be incomes although it’ll seemingly not be “anyplace close to” what he earns with the Gunners.
That, in itself, ought to point out the gulf between the English and Scottish top-flight, and the truth that Tierney is believed to be prepared to take a considerable pay lower with a purpose to get common soccer and be blissful deserves the plaudits.
Far too typically these days gamers seem like extra concerned about how a lot cash they’ll earn quite than shifting for the enjoyment of taking part in week in and week out.
Arsenal have underused Kieran Tierney to this point this season
Will probably be attention-grabbing to see whether or not, as we head in direction of the enterprise finish of the season, whether or not Mikel Arteta will see his manner clear when it comes to handing Tierney some minutes.
As transfermarkt observe, nevertheless, the left-back has performed for simply 109 minutes throughout video games in all competitions, so it might seem that, except there’s a main harm disaster on the Etihad Stadium, Tierney will stay on the sidelines for the foreseeable future.
