Desperate Kieran Tierney news
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Manchester Evening News peddling rubbish again
As is often the case with the Manchester Evening News they have got their story wrong. Spurs do not fear of losing Danny Rose this summer and any interest in Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney is for a player of the future.
Tierney is being watched by a host of clubs but at only 19-years-old (20 in June) he may well need more time to develop. Not everyone is Dele Alli, besides he would have to learn how we play, how everyone in the system plays and get to our level of fitness.
He wouldn't achieve that during pre-season and he would have to start as a backup player. Still the Manchester newspaper have an agenda, they have to angle stories in favour of City or United, even if that means stretching the boundaries of credibility.
I have read stories suggesting Jose Mourinho has dropped his interest, then the Daily Star, of course, and the Manchester Evening News showing their lack newsworthy credibility by quoting an incorrect story from, of all people, MEN Sport.
"M.E.N. Sport understands Spurs have intensified their interest in the 19-year-old since they are expected to lose Danny Rose to Manchester City, where Pep Guardiola is planning a defensive overhaul."
That, as you know, is complete and utter codswallop, there is NO expectation of losing Rose, quite the opposite. I place the Manchester Evening News in the same dustbin as the Daily Star, Football Insider, Harold 'Steptoe' Hotspur and the like.
I haven't seen or heard anything that suggests we are chasing Kierney hard, merely watching his progress and he wouldn't be ready for first team football in any case as he is playing the equivalent of League One football each week. He would need time to learn the and time to adjust to the Premier League.
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9 comments
Kieran Tierney brings more to the field for Celtic - at the moment - than Moussa does, regardless of the number of goals he (Moussa) has scored.
It seems to be the consensus of opinion that you erred badly allowing Dembélé to come north last season. I believe that to be true, however, I wouldn’t worry too much about making the same mistake with Tierney because the bhoy is quite happy where he is. He is one of our own, I’m sure you will have an empathy for that.
I know money talks, with the EPL in mind it is a deafening cacophony but wee Kieran knows where his heart is and right at this moment I don’t think even Spurs have the money that would entice him away.
Of course you could afford…
Regardless of whether Tierney is one of your own, if a club in the Premier League comes calling and he has any ambition he'll be off. It would be a waste of his career otherwise playing second rate football each week.
The comments regarding fitness are because we are believed to be one of the fittest, if bot the fittest team in the Premier League, it isn't based on general football fitness or general PL fitness, which demonstrates your lack of understanding of the game outside Scotland.
Spurs or Arsenal or Liverpool, preferably Spurs.
I would start by responding to the following :
"As for your comments about fitness, how typically EPL arrogant of you."
My understanding is that the EPL is known for being the most demanding league in the world for fitness. This isn't simply an English perspective. Within that league only Liverpool really compete with Spurs as working as hard and covering such a distance as Spurs. This isn't simply arrogance (I'm very happy to believe arrogance is around - just not reflected in this statement is all).
Moussa went north. He's done brilliantly well up there. It may well be that his time up there has been better for him than coming straight here. I harbour wishes he may yet come down and join us some time soon. Kieran I know little about. Clearly you guys see him every week. An engine on him is something he would certainly need in order to compete down h…