KIERAN TIERNEY’S affection for Celtic, his first and enduring love, comes shining through in his Question and Answer session on the official Arsenal website. Tierney left Celtic last August after the English Premier League side met the previously agreed fee (between Tierney, his advisors and Peter Lawwell) of £25million.
A decent return for Celtic for a home grown Academy player and that money will certainly come in handy as Lawwell attempts to steer the club through these rough and unchartered waters caused by the current pandemic.
Arsenal, it is fair to say, haven’t set seen the best of Kieran Tierney. Remarkably, maybe even a little recklessly, they signed him while he was still injured and while he’s had one or two short runs at first team football this season, it has been a stop start and stop again first season in English football for the former Celtic fans favourite.
Here are some of the questions that the Arsenal Media folks put to KT, with his replies below…
Coming from your boyhood club must have been really hard, what was the decision based on? Any previous love for the Gooners or was it mainly the competitiveness of the league?
“I would say leaving Celtic was the hardest decision I’d ever had to make and I knew I would always miss Celtic no matter what happens in life. But the chance to play for Arsenal was a challenge that when I heard of it, I was just looking forward to it.”
Who is your favourite player of all-time?
“That’s hard… for Celtic it would be Henrik Larsson. I think he would be every Celtic fan’s hero. And when I was younger I always loved Thierry Henry too. He was always the reason I’d watch Match of the Day and stuff like that.”
What do you miss most about Celtic?
“I miss everything about Celtic. And I always will. I am very grateful for every second I spent playing for the club.”
Which Old Firm (sic) derby was your favourite?
I have two favourite Glasgow derby matches. One would be winning 5-1 at Ibrox because a scoreline like that doesn’t happen every time in an away game and the next one would be winning the league against them at Celtic Park which is self-explanatory.
Which Scottish delicacy are you missing down south?
Well my mum brings me Scottish food down, so the main thing would be the square sausage. I don’t know if you know about that? It’s probably that. But just being away from my family and friends is probably the hardest part. I’d been with my parents and seen those people every day of my life and then to come down here away from that at first was tough.
You can read the entire interview with Kiernan Tierney on the official Arsenal website.
When football comes back Arsenal are going to find that they have a very special player on their hands and that they £25million was money well spent. Just saying…
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