The Star is reporting today that Newcastle are keen on signing 19 year-old Kieran Tierney from Celtic in the summer transfer window.
Kieran is a left back and that’s a position we need to get somebody in who can challenge local lad Paul Dummett for the starting position.
Paul has started 55 games at left-back this season and has been the regular starter and also made one sub appearance.
Both Massadio Haidara and Achraf Lazaar haven’t been able to challenge Paul for the starting position and both could leave the club this summer, although Rafa may see Lazaar as a left winger or left wing-back next season.
Kieran has played for two full seasons at left back for the Celtic first team and he’s made 71 appearances with 3 goals in that time.
Kieran Tierney – Celtic’s 19 year-old left back
He already has gained 3 full caps for Scotland and made his debut last year on 10th March for a friendly against Denmark and he played for the first half of that match, which Scotland won 1–0 at Hampden Park.
The report is that Newcastle scouts have been watching the lad regularly this season and have been at a number of Celtic games.
From what we can tell this teenager would be a very good signing for us but no news on the possible fee.
Rafa wants to bring in up to eight players who can immediately challenge for first team places at Newcastle next season in the Premier League.
Liverpool and Arsenal are also reported to be interested in the 19-year-old and he is the type of good young player who Rafa Benitez will want to bring to Newcastle and develop for the Newcastle first team in the future.
Kieran was born in Douglas on the Isle of Man and moved to Wishaw in Scotland before he was a year old and he signed for Celtic when he was just 7 years old.
He made his senior debut for the club just over two years ago when he was 17 in April 2015 when he came on as an 81st minute substitute in a Scottish Premiership match against Dundee.
What do you think?
Comments welcome.
25 comments so far
G
May 5, 2017 at 7:52 AM
Comment #1Always hard to judge a player plying his craft in Scotland, as the standard of football is quite often pretty poor in the SPL. He looks like a good player in the making though, and his age is about right for him still to develop. Wonder what sort of fee we could be looking at?
expatmag
May 5, 2017 at 7:56 AM
Comment #2Lads, lads…..can someone there save me.
As you may or may not know, I live in Oz, Melbourne to be precise and have done for 40 years. It is a fantastic way of life here but a najor threat to our very happiness, our very existence is looming on the horizon.
What might it be, you may ask???????
Js it a major 10.0 on the richter scsle earthquake?
The threat of a nuclear attack by one hung low in north korea?
No…friends….it is nothing to trivial
ALAN PARDEW IS FAVOURITE FOR THE MELBOURNE CITY JOB.
SAVE me guys
Jail for Ashley
May 5, 2017 at 7:57 AM
Comment #3expat,
Surely not, how much would they be offering him.
toontaff2
May 5, 2017 at 7:58 AM
Comment #4He can come in and learn from the maestro – no, not RAFA, Taffy Dummett!
WWSBRD
May 5, 2017 at 8:02 AM
Comment #5Pardew down under? Id watch that show
On this lad he’d be a good buy Scottish football is crap but he looks a player maybe ‘Scottish’ Ritchie could have a word and get him interested. Fee would be the trouble considering the interest in him but Celtic cant afford to turn solid bids down probably in the 10-15mill range?
toontaff2
May 5, 2017 at 8:02 AM
Comment #6e’s just heard the news.
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expatmag
May 5, 2017 at 8:02 AM
Comment #7JFA
Apparently, ge was offered the Newcastle job here at a million a year and thankfully knocked it back.
Melbourne City are owned by Manchester City so they will offer more. Apparently Roy Keane and Alan Curbishley are mentioned too. It is all based on the recommendations of Roy Hodgson
hibbit
May 5, 2017 at 8:03 AM
Comment #8think that’s a great plan Pardue in OZ
about as far away from us as possible
sorry expat but we done our time !!!
toon kk
May 5, 2017 at 8:05 AM
Comment #9expatmag
Look on the bright side if Pards does work in oz at least he’s as far away from Newcastle as possible!!!!!!! ?
toontaff2
May 5, 2017 at 8:05 AM
Comment #10http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/21/19/3478278A00000578-3602610-Pardew_was_almost_looking_into_the_cameras_on_the_BBC_television-m-3_1463856292703.jpg
😆
😳
toontaff2
May 5, 2017 at 8:07 AM
Comment #11Alan Pardew
Roy Keane
Alan Curbishley
Glen Hoddle
@Arry Redcrapp
Schtevee
Sazzer
May 5, 2017 at 8:08 AM
Comment #12I think it was 108 points, Gayle top scorer and Ritchie best player for me.
expatmag
May 5, 2017 at 8:08 AM
Comment #13GUYS
This is not the answer I was looking for
Can we not issue him with a visa due to the crime of impersonating a football manager?
G
May 5, 2017 at 8:08 AM
Comment #14Expat, isn’t pretty much everything that moves in Oz pretty much deadly? Might be worth putting a few quid on Pardew in this years dead pool?
AncientC
May 5, 2017 at 8:09 AM
Comment #15Sparky from previous thread: It’s Martoon that recorded the preseason predictions.
expatmag
May 5, 2017 at 8:09 AM
Comment #16The missus has just put me on suicide watch
sparky55
May 5, 2017 at 8:11 AM
Comment #17Martoon…where are you…who’s the runners and riders 🙂
Jail for Ashley
May 5, 2017 at 8:11 AM
Comment #18expat,
Have Darwin not got a soccer team he could wilt away up there managing.
expatmag
May 5, 2017 at 8:13 AM
Comment #19G
Dont believe everything you read mate. Just because our nan eating sharks and crocs, poisonous snakes and jellyfish and humongous sized tarantulas that lift you up are native to us, we dont need the deadliest of them all…….Pardew
sparky55
May 5, 2017 at 8:15 AM
Comment #20Pardew going to the land of expatriated dodgy geezers…no doubt he’ll do very well over there so long as he keeps out the casinos
expatmag
May 5, 2017 at 8:15 AM
Comment #21JFA
Hmmmmm……we could always make one up. Tell him his pal Jose us the owner and wants him up there. When he arrives, we can direct him to the nearest croc farm
expatmag
May 5, 2017 at 8:16 AM
Comment #22SPARKY
I take exception to that comment……more a wheezer than a geezer these days……lol
lochinvar
May 5, 2017 at 8:26 AM
Comment #23Expatmag
That will make Pardew an expat as well so you can look forward to a beer together in the expat club, cozy !
Rumour here is that he wants John Carver as his number two and that Denis Wise as Director of Football.
So much to look forward to
sparky55
May 5, 2017 at 8:51 AM
Comment #24Expat…good you can keep your sense go humour under the circumstances 🙂 🙂
Question is…will you go watch him just for a laf and to remind yourself of days gone by and what we’re not missing now we have Rafa!
martoon
May 5, 2017 at 9:30 AM
Comment #25Due to bad planning I am on my holidays out the country so results will be delayed!