Celtic defender Kieran Tierney has been linked with moves away from Celtic Park in the summer transfer window.
Tierney is one of the best young defenders in entire Europe and is a key player for Scottish Premiership giants Celtic.
The 20-year-old left-back is a regular in Brendan Rodgers’s starting lineup and also has the versatility to operate as a central defender.
The Scotland international has been linked with moves away from Celtic in the summer transfer window.
While The Sun credited Manchester United and Arsenal with interest in the youngster back in June, The Mirror linked Liverpool with the defender (the Reds have since signed left-back Andrew Robertson).
Former Celtic striker Hartson has said that the Glasgow giants should not sell Tierney this summer.
The former Wales international has claimed that the Hoops could get as much as £50m next summer for the youngster, who is a Celtic fans’ favourite, according to The Daily Record.
“Celtic are looking at, if a bid was to come in now, £20-25m,” The Scottish Sun quotes Hartson as saying. “If Kieran Tierney has another season, if he’s outstanding in the Champions League, playing really well against the top teams, in the spotlight, all over the world being looked at by all the top clubs, all of a sudden, next year or the year after, you’re getting £45-50m for him.”
“Why on earth would Brendan Rodgers sell Tierney right now?” BBC Sport quotes Hartson as saying. “If I’m Brendan Rodgers, I’m saying to [a potential bidder], ‘let him have another season here, keep your £25-30m for now, he’s got Champions League football, he loves playing for Celtic’.
“Give him another year, 18 months at this level until he becomes more of a man, more established, more mature physically, then in 12-18 months’ time, there is no doubt Kieran Tierney will go on and play for one of the top three or four clubs in England, and become one of the best left-backs in Europe.”
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