Arsenal's Kieran Tierney will be Celtic player by summer - Brendan Rodgers
2025-01-29
Category: sports

Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Kieran Tierney will move to Celtic from Arsenal this summer at the latest - and that fellow left-back Alex Valle's loan from Barcelona is being cut short.Tierney is out of contract with the Premier League club this summer and Celtic are hoping an agreement can be reached to bring the 27-year-old Scotland defender to the Scottish champions during January.There had been speculation about Valle's future should Tierney return to Celtic, with Italian club Como reportedly interested in taking the 20-year-old on loan for the rest of the season.Manager Rodgers says Valle will not play for Celtic again and also confirmed that the Scottish champions are hoping to sign a replacement for striker Kyogo Furuhashi, who was sold to Rennes on Monday.
"He's in Barcelona at the moment and will probably move on to another team," Rodgers said of Valle, who has made 19 appearances for Celtic but been mainly an understudy to Greg Taylor. "I'm disappointed he's left, but we have to move on."Asked if it would speed up a deal for Tierney, Rodgers replied: "Ideally, it would, but at the moment he's still an Arsenal player. It will definitely take place in the summer, but if we can do it beforehand then great."
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