Kieran Tierney faces final Arsenal indignity at hands of Mikel Arteta as Celtic told the player they are REALLY getting
Boss Mikel Arteta opted to keep Kieran Tierney at Arsenal rather than allow him to go to Celtic - but the player is facing up to a nightmare final six months.
Brendan Rodgers confirmed the defender has agreed a pre-contract return to Parkhead with his contract at the Emirates set to expire in the summer - but a deal could not be agreed to bring him back to Celtic early on loan with Jeffrey Schlupp signed on deadline day to provide cover for Greg Taylor at left-back. But having made just one start in his five appearances for the Premier League side, the Scotland international looks set to continue to be a peripheral figure at the Emirates for the remainder of his contract.
The 27-year-old has fallen behind rising talent Myles Lewis-Skelly in the pecking order with Tierney and Oleksandr Zinchenko made to watch on as the Arsenal academy graduate battles Riccardo Calafiori for a starting spot. The Italian's return from injury has seen the Celtic-bound defender drift further from Arteta's thoughts as he once again remained on the bench for the rout of Manchester City last weekend.
And going into the League Cup clash with Newcastle United, the Spaniard hyped up the impact of Lewis-Skelly. He said: "The players will be best [placed] to express how they feel about Myles in this particular game, because they are sitting next to each other, they share the pitch which is the most important thing.
"What I’ve always said is how they feel about these young players when they come in - do they trust them, do they feel like they're stronger with them and that’s the feeling that I get when we give them that opportunity. For me, they are ready in our eyes, but in the team’s feeling as well, they feel that they can be better with