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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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David Irvine

Kieran Tierney to Celtic latest as Brendan Rodgers responds to transfer links

Brendan Rodgers has insisted he will not speculate over a transfer return to Celtic for Kieran Tierney.

The Celtic boss faced questions over a transfer swoop for the left-back as he spoke to Sky Sports on Friday morning.

Tierney has been heavily linked with a return to Glasgow after news broke that the clause for an extra year in London will not be triggered by Arsenal.

But, Rodgers has remained coy over a move for Tierney but admitted "we've got work to do" ahead of the transfer window next month.

"Well, Kieran is someone I know really well but there's lots of players who have been linked with coming to Celtic.

"We will never speak about a player, especially a young player that's at another club.


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"But we've got work to do, we know that. We want to improve the squad further in a number of key areas. But until that happens, the players here have been working so well.

"We'll just continue to work with them and see what happens in January."

More to follow.

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