Kieran Tierney will spend the rest of the season at Arsenal before joining Celtic in the summer after agreeing a pre-contract deal with the Scottish club. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is keen for the 27-year-old to stay at the Emirates instead of leaving in this window because of his leadership qualities and the injury problems his side have faced.

Arsenal tried and failed to sign Ollie Watkins after submitting a bid of just £40million this week, which was swiftly rejected by Unai Emery's side.

Exclusive: Full-back will stay at Emirates in January rather than going on loan to Parkhead ahead of agreed permanent return in summer

Arsenal have blocked Kieran Tierney from joining Celtic during January and the 27-year-old Scotland defender will stay at the Premier League club for the final six months of his contract to be part of their title push before returning to the Scottish champions in the summer. (Telegraph)

Arsenal have made it clear that Kieran Tierney will remain at the Emirates until the summer despite Celtic’s hopes of securing a loan move for the full-back ahead of his permanent return. According to The Telegraph,

Arsenal's bid for Ollie Watkins so late in the January transfer window shows a lack of forward planning at the North London club.

Celtic have been handed a blow in their transfer pursuit of Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney this winter. Celtic have been handed a blow in their attempt to bring back Kieran Tierney in the January window on a loan deal from Arsenal even though a pre-contract agreement for the summer is believed to be in place already.

Manchester City will face Real Madrid in a blockbuster Champions League play-off tie, with Celtic taking on Bayern Munich for a place in the last-16. Premier League champions City scraped through by beating Club Brugge and,

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney will rejoin the Scottish club in the summer.

Celtic have agreed to a deal to re-sign defender Kieran Tierney from Premier League side Arsenal and are trying to get the transfer over the line by the end of the January transfer window, manager Brendan Rodgers said.

Tierney is set to leave Arsenal for Celtic, be that now or in the summer, and Chris Sutton has now shared his reaction to this news. Sutton reacted to the news about Tierney returning to Celtic on social media. Sutton, of course, has a soft spot for Celtic having played for the club during his career.

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