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David Moyes warns Kieran Tierney over Arsenal move

By Sourav Mahanty

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 13: David Moyes, Manager of West Ham United looks on prior to the Premier League match between West Ham United and Arsenal at London Stadium on December 13, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 13: David Moyes, Manager of West Ham United looks on prior to the Premier League match between West Ham United and Arsenal at London Stadium on December 13, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images) /
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Celtic left-back, Kieran Tierney, has been linked with Arsenal throughout the course of the summer transfer window. But now the 22-year-old has received some advice regarding his move from an unlikely source in the form of former Manchester United manager, David Moyes.

According to reports, Arsenal are moving closer to striking a deal with Celtic for Tierney with the Scottish champions already looking at replacements for the left-back. It appears that Tierney is also keen on a move to the Premier League after winning three domestic trebles on the trot with his boyhood club.

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He has received some advice though from fellow Scotsman, David Moyes, on his impending move to the Premier League. A former Celtic player in his own right, Moyes spent 14 seasons in the Premier League managing clubs like Manchester United, Everton, Sunderland and West Ham. As a result, it is clear that Moyes knows quite a few things about life in the Premier League.

And while Moyes believes that Tierney could be a ‘stalwart’ in the Arsenal team for years to come, he also thinks that it would take the left-back some time to get used to the standard of the teams that he’ll be facing in England.

Tierney of Celtic with the Scottish Premiership trophy.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – MAY 19: Kieran Tierney of Celtic with the League Trophy during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Celtic FC and Heart of Midlothian FC at Celtic Park on May 19, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) /

Speaking to The Sunday Post, Moyes said:

“He has been outstanding for Celtic for more than three years,

“I’ve always had my eye on him and rated him. He is a top player.

“If he does go to the Emirates, I can see him being a stalwart for Arsenal for the next 10 years.

“Again, it may take him a little period of time for him to fully adjust to life in the Premier League.

“He will be facing a top-end player every week, and he will need to get to grips with that as there will be much more defensive duties to carry out than he has probably been used to at Celtic.

“But if the move goes through, he will go on to show his worth and will be a credit to himself and his country.”

If Tierney does go on to achieve major success in the Premier League as Moyes predicts, he would not be the first in recent memory to do so. Football fans in England might already be familiar with a former Celtic named Virgil van Dijk.

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