{"id":462398,"date":"2019-06-19T14:48:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T18:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=462398"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:29:42","slug":"arsenal-kieran-tierney-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/06\/19\/arsenal-kieran-tierney-celtic\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Arsenal Step Up Interest in Kieran Tierney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> have increased their interest in Celtic defender Kieran Tierney<\/a>, according to the Daily Mail’s<\/a>\u00a0John McGarry. The left-back is high on the London side’s shortlist this summer.<\/p>\n

Kieran Tierney<\/a> Summer Target for Arsenal<\/h1>\n

Celtic Star Highly Sought After by Arsenal Chiefs<\/h2>\n

Arsenal’s Spanish boss Unai Emery has identified the 22-year-old as his top left-back target. Emery is hopeful of improving his squad after a fifth-place finish.<\/p>\n

Emery will be forced to remain competitive with Manchester City<\/a> and Liverpool<\/a> on a comparatively minor budget after missing out on Champions League football.<\/p>\n

However, the Spaniard would be forced to make a multi-million-pound offer for the full-back – Tierney is contracted to Celtic until 2023. A fee around, or in excess of, \u00a320 million is the ballpark figure.<\/p>\n

Emery hopes to strengthen various elements of his squad; meanwhile, Arsenal are open to offloading Mesut Ozil<\/a> and Henrikh Mkhitaryan<\/a> to open up transfer funds.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail claim that Emery sees Tierney as a “shrewd investment” with a bid expected to be tabled in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Tierney had previously insisted that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Billy McNeil and Paul McStay – two folk greats of Celtic.<\/p>\n

However, the defender may look to emulate the success of Andy Robertson at Liverpool. As a result, the opportunity to play in the Premier League too good to turn down.<\/p>\n

The Scottish champions were drawn against Bosnian league winners FK Sarajevo in the first qualifying round of the Champions League on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the draw, Tierney told the Daily Mail<\/a>: “It’s such a short break, so we’re not coming back unfit.”<\/p>\n

“We’ll lose a bit but we’re still coming back in good shape and good condition. We’ll be ready for the challenges ahead.”<\/p>\n

Main Photo<\/p>\n

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