Kieran Tierney swapped Celtic for Arsenal this past summer.
Scott Brown has admitted to talkSPORT that he was ‘sad’ to see Kieran Tierney leave Celtic.
The Scotland left-back left his boyhood club to join Arsenal in a £25 million deal this past summer.
It’s been a stop-start first three months at the Gunners for Tierney, whose injury problems have prevented him from hitting the ground running in North London.
The young defender was Brown’s team-mate in Celtic’s senior squad for the guts of three-and-a-half years.
Brown told talkSPORT on November 13: “For me, it was sad to see him go, he was a great player and a great friend as well. But it was the right time as well.
“He will kick-on and he’ll show everyone what a top quality player he is over the next six months.”
It was a big decision for the Hoops to offload him but, as Brown said, it probably was the right time. For £25 million, it was a good deal for both parties.
Celtic received their record transfer fee for one of their academy products, while Arsenal picked up a brilliant left-back with his whole career ahead of him.
Crucially, Tierney, who helped the Bhoys to a famous treble Treble last season, has plenty of experience of winning trophies and that should help the Premier League side in years to come.
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