He dreamed of playing for Celtic. Since he was a boy. He signed when he was seven. It filled his heart with joy.”
Those are the lyrics that once rung around Parkhead during Kieran Tierney’s days at Celtic. A diehard fan who lived the dream by playing for his boyhood heroes. Four titles, three Trebles, iconic derby wins and memorable Champions League nights. Tierney just about achieved it all at the Hoops before completing a record-breaking £25million move to Arsenal in 2019.
The decision to quit his beloved Celtic during a period when the club were going for an iconic ten-in-a-row was an emotional one. It was far from straightforward, as it might have been for other players with no attachment to the Hoops, but after Celts banked a fortune for an academy player, Tierney believes the time was right to move on.
He said: “I signed for Celtic at seven years old. I will always be Celtic. Always, always. When I think about what I did at Celtic, where I joined the first team from the academy and here I see Martín Zubimendi and Jon Pacheco and it was the same with them at Real.
