
Keith Wyness reacts to Kieran Tierney hijack at Celtic - 'all of a sudden...'

24/01/2025 08:00
Aberdeen's former chief Keith Wyness has insisted Kieran Tierney should snub a Fenerbahce move and sign for former club Celtic.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider's Inside Track podcast, the 67-year-old – who served as CEO at Aberdeen between 2000 and 2004, had lengthy spells as the chief of Everton and Aston Villa and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – suggested the 27-year-old’s agent may be drumming up other interest in a bid to extract a bigger wage from the Hoops.
Football Insider revealed on 30 December that Celtic are working on a deal to sign Arsenal full-back Tierney on a pre-contract deal this month.
His contract at the Emirates Stadium is set to expire at the end of this season, six years after he left Parkhead for the Premier League.
However, Turkish giants Fenerbahce have also been widely linked with the Scotland international.
Wyness tells Tierney to pick Celtic over Fenerbahce
Wyness claimed a homecoming for the Celtic academy product would be “the best move for all parties”.
He told Football Insider's Insider Track podcast: "I think he'd be better off going back to Celtic.
"He'd be happy, the fans would be happy. I don't think Fenerbahce is the right place for him right now.
"His Scotland career would be best served playing for Celtic.
"Fenerbahce would have the financial edge, but I don't think it would be that much more than Celtic would offer.
"It does smack to me that his agent may have found interest all of a sudden, which does tend to happen at the last minute when you're negotiating.
"I still expect him to end up at Celtic, it's the best move for all parties."
In other news, Sunderland, Swansea and QPR in race to sign Hoops star.
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