Kieran Tierney

His deal runs until 30 06 2019

 

My understanding is he's still on trainee forms & can sign a professional contract with any club at the minute. My source tells me he is reportedly unhappy with the departure of his mentor Deila & the disrespect shown to the manager by a clique of 3 senior players that he feels he can no longer play alongside.

His agent is in talks with Liverpool who are keen to secure the services of a new left back as they look to build a squad around a nucleus of young talents that will be able to fight on several fronts next season & one which will ultimately push for the league title with Klopp a huge admirer of his talents.

I understand that the player is keen to make the move with Klopp's style of football & philosophy in keeping with how Tierney wishes to operate. The player see's Deila as a father figure & his imminent departure & shabby treatment has instigated this desire to move on. My source also revealed Klopp spoke to Deila at the recent Manchester City match & received a glowing recommendation of the player highlighting his superb attitude.


















* this making * up lark is addictive. I almost believed myself for a minute. Might start myself up a wee blog .

 

LIKE most football-obsessed 18-year-old boys, Kieran Tierney spends a significant amount of his free time playing FIFA 2016 on his PlayStation with his mates. Unlike the vast majority of his contemporaries, however, the Celtic left back can sign himself on it.

“What I do in my life is no different,” said the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year nominee when asked what has changed for him since he has broken into the first team at Parkhead.

“If I am walking about I do get recognised more. But I just do my usual stuff, like playing my Play Station. That has probably been the biggest change for me - going from Xbox to PlayStation.

“I’ve seen myself on the PlayStation, but I’m not too good on there. My pals keep slagging me off because I have the worst rating in the team. I don’t even sign myself, it’s a waste of money.

“I’m not even sure it’s a great likeness apart from the hair. It’s weird. When you are a wee guy you call your character Kieran Tierney - now it really is Kieran Tierney.”

The fact he now has his very own digital doppelganger sums up the dramatic rise to prominence that Tierney, the childhood Celtic fan from the Isle of Man, has undergone in the 2015/16 campaign succinctly.

He had made just two appearances and one start for the first team before it got underway. Since establishing himself as a regular starter, he has been one of the Scottish champions’ most consistent performers and become a firm fans’ favourite.

“I never thought in a million years I would be in this position,” he said. “I’m really grateful because the season has gone better than I could have hoped. I’ve played more games than expected and it’s great to be nominated for this award.”

Tierney’s third start for Celtic must have felt something like a scene out of a computer game for him. He was selected to face Fenerbahce - Raul Meireles, Nani, Robin van Persie et al -in a Europa League group game in front of a crowd of 41,330 at Parkhead in October.

The slight defender wasn’t overawed by facing the expensively-assembled Turkish club and, as has so often been the case in the months since, was actually one of his side’s better players as the Scottish champions earned a 2-2 draw.

“I’ve learned a lot,” he said. “It’s been a big jump from the under 20s to first team football. You need to adapt to the physical side pretty quickly. My fourth or fifth game in was against Fenerbahce. I remember thinking, ‘wow, this is hard’. It was big, but those are the games you want to be involved in.

“You can’t allow yourselves to get too nervous. I knew beforehand I was up against players like Van Persie and Nani. People told me on social media that at that time Nani had won more Premier League trophies than I had made league appearances. But you can’t think about that stuff.

“I think the manager and the fans thought I’d done okay in that match so it would be okay to play me in the league games. It showed I could handle it. The fans have been amazing with me. They give me plenty of support and confidence. You can hear it.”

Tierney has been one of Deila’s great successes during his turbulent two year tenure in Glasgow. He will mourn the departure of the Norwegian coach who has put such faith in him in the summer even if a fair few of his team mates won't.

“The manager has been great with me,” he said. “I can’t thank him enough for everything he has said. It gives you a lot of confidence. We want to give him the perfect send off by winning the title. The last four games are very important for us and we want to wrap it up as soon as we can.

“When I came up from the under 20s I was sitting on the bench every week and there wasn’t much chance to show what I could do. But he watched me closely in games and in training. He’s been great for me. I will forever be thankful because if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t be where I am.”

Tierney, who became the youngest player to be capped by Scotland in 53 years when he started in the friendly international against Denmark at Hampden last month, appreciates he will have to prove himself all over again when Deila’s successor as Celtic manager is appointed during the summer.

“I will definitely have to impress the new manager,” he said. “It’s the same for the older guys as well. The new manager will come in and we all have to impress him. It won’t matter what we have done in the last season - it’s all about the new season.”

 

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Another Very Convincing performance from the wee man

 

* love him. What more can you say?

He pushes the boundaries of the 100% construct.

I think the lad counts to 102 myself.

 

His consistency at such a young age is unbelievable, great talent.

Can see him being here for years to come, captain material also.

 

Hes one of our own.


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Give him a 10 year contract with a 40 million release clause

 

Could have had another 2 assists again, getting superb at those cut-backs, done one to Griffiths who miskicked the ball and Rogic who curled it over the bar but both very good chances.

For me he's better than McGeady, Maloney and Liam Miller as he's got more of an allround package, defends, attacks, fit, fast and week in week out is performing better than anyone else.

 

The scary thing is he'll only get better. He's arguably been our best player this season.

 

Aye, for me there is no doubt that he's been our best player this season in the games he's played. Out of the 25/30ish games he's played he's probably been MOTM atleast a dozen times and thats not even a joke :smiley-laughing002: in the other games he's probably been 2nd/3rd best.

We don't get that kind of consistency from anyone usually never mind a young player in their debut season.

Even if he never improves and only plays this way the rest of his career here he'll go down as a Legend.

 

can't say enough about him love his passion

 

He knows what it means to play for celtic and plays and works accordingly....every game he puts half of our big name players to shame.

 

He's phenomenal. Genuinely phenomenal..

Brilliant in the tackle, solid and commited as *. Great (now) going forward, probably our best player at crossing and pulling a pass back across the box. Not far off scoring I don't think. Not afraid to let senior's know. Not lightening but decent pace and always in the right place. A boy living the dream..

Kieran Tierney, i love you son..

Early on I was thinking we might be biased a touch but now, for ages really, everyone knows we're not..

 

It'll be magic when he gets his first goal.

 

Totally fell for that. The phrase has been changed to the cat shat on the Matt

I think what happens with KT over the next year will signify what situation we are in. He is the ideal player we could wish for, young, talented and Celtic mad. If we can keep hold of him for at least 5 years then I think the board can be commended and we must be heading in the right direction. He already wants to play for Celtic so he'll probably play for less money than others offer. It's the style we play that I think would matter to him more than anything and as long as we attack relentlessly and purposely then he'll be happy.

I'm not saying we should put him on a pedestal and judge the whole squad around him, I just think he's rare for any club , a boyhood fan who has came through the ranks and found himself one of the best players in the team and understands completely the club's culture.

It sounds a bit too romantic and the real success these days is supposed to be in various order the wit, desire and instinct of the scout, accountant and board. Where they think we stand or maybe just where we stand in reality depends on our ability to hold onto him or at least get the right amount of money for him if he wants to leave. £20m.

I'd rather we spent £3m on a manager who can get the current team playing like Ronny could but only more consistently.

 

Can't wait to see his face. He'll probably do a lap of Celtic Park next week, before the full time lap:smiley-laughing002: