Tierney is returning to Parkhead this summer and Don Hutchison reckons the left back has found his level
Kieran Tierney has found his level at Celtic.
That’s according to Don Hutchison, who reckons the switch back to Glasgow is the smartest one he can make.
Tierney is returning to his boyhood club after six years with Arsenal. His latter years at the Emirates have been blighted by injury and falling out of favour under Mikel Arteta.
The North London club opted against taking up an option of extending Tierney’s deal for another 12 months, which left Celtic free to thrash out the agreement that will see him back in the Scottish Premiership next season.
And while Hutchison admits that making the move to the upper echelons of the English Premier League was a good call at the time for Tierney, the way it’s ended suggests that he’s not quite at that standard any more.
“I don’t mean this as a dig, but I think often players always find their level,” he told goldenpanda. “Kieran Tierney trying to play for Arsenal was a good buy at the time, but it never quite worked. He had a few injuries along the way. Sometimes you need to find your level.
“Whether that’s me playing at 36 and I’m playing in League Two for Luton, because at the time that’s my level.
“When I was 18 I was playing for Hartlepool because that was my level. Then you get to your highest possible level and you try and stay there. That’s how you are consistent.
“I think the move for him will be a good one. I think Brendan taking him back to Celtic, I think it’s a smart move. He can play in different positions. He can play, obviously, his left wing-back, his left-back is a three and a centre-back, so he’s versatile.”
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