Celtic starlet Kieran Tierney signs new five-year contract
By Press Association
June 24, 2016, 1:18 pm
Celtic's Kieran Tierney (Jeff Holmes/PA Wire)
CELTIC have secured highly rated young left-back Kieran Tierney on a five-year contract, the Scottish champions have announced.
The likes of Liverpool and Arsenal had been linked with the 19-year-old after his extraordinary breakthrough season in the Celtic first team.
But new manager Brendan Rodgers has moved quickly to tie the Scotland international to a longer deal.
Tierney made 34 appearances last season, displacing Emilio Izaguirre asfirst-choice left-back, and made his Scotland debut against Denmark in March,bypassing the under-21s.
Rodgers this week predicted Tierney would be a “top player” as he revealed Celtic were aiming to extend his contract.
Tierney previously signed a new deal in August which tied him to the club until 2019. He will discuss his new contract at a media conference on Friday afternoon.
