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Kieran Tierney fee ‘will be agreed’ between Celtic and Arsenal
CELTIC and Arsenal will agree a fee for left-back Kieran Tierney, claims broadcaster Mark Donaldson.
Arsenal: Pundit compares Tierney bid to Van Dijk transfer
Arsenal have already had a couple of bids rebuffed by Celtic for Tierney.
The 22-year-old still has four year remaining on his Hoops contract.
So Celtic are looking to get every penny possible for the four-time Scottish Premiership champion.
Donaldson says Celtic have looked at previous players they have sold, like Virgil van Dijk and Victor Wanyama, attract much higher fees in the next move in their careers.
I think it’s a case of a fee will be agreed, whatever it is
But he still reckons both Celtic and Arsenal will reach an agreement over Tierney’s price.
“I think it’s a case of a fee will be agreed, whatever it is,” Donaldson said on talkSPORT.
“I think Celtic have done well here because they haven’t accepted the first bid.
“I think they’ve seen what’s happened with Virgil van Dijk and players like that who they’ve had, and Victor Wanyama, who have gone on.
“Why should a player like Virgil van Dijk be worth so much more after he’s been at Southampton? Well the answer is because he’s proved himself in the Premier League.
“But now they’re saying ‘wait a minute here, that’s a big jump in what he is worth and what he is now’ and when you see what Andrew Robertson has done.
“I think Kieran Tierney isn’t as good as Andrew Robertson, I think he’s an excellent left full-back.
“It’s just so typically Scottish that our two best players are competing for the one position.
“I think what he will do at Arsenal if they play him as a four I think he’s good defensively and he’ll get forward, because he’s not had to do much defending at Celtic.
“But he’d make a good wing-back because he is a good defender, he’s just a really good player.
“I want all Scottish players playing at the highest level, the more players we’ve got playing in the Premier League the better.”