Celtic 経営者／支配人 Brendan Rodgers 辞退するs to 支配する out a move for 兵器庫 星／主役にする Kieran Tierney にもかかわらず admitting his 味方する 'wouldn't be able to 支払う／賃金 the left-支援する's 抱擁する salary'

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Brendan Rodgers has 答える／応じるd to suggestions that Kieran Tierney?could make a sensational return to Celtic, 辞退するing to 支配する out a 可能性のある re-union with his former player 説 'you should never say never in football'.

The 26-year-old joined 兵器庫?from the Scottish 支持する／優勝者s 支援する in 2019 in a £25million 移転.?

After a 約束ing start to life at the 首長国s Stadium, Tierney would become an integral member of Arteta's 味方する, 調印 a new five-year 契約 支援する in 2021, that Mail Sport understands sees him earn £100,000-a-week.

Since joining, he's 得点する／非難する／２０d five times in 123 外見s for the football club, but has struggled in 最近の years to live up to his form of old, and that has lead to some 憶測 earlier this season that 兵器庫 could be willing to listen to 申し込む／申し出s for him.

And one team who are 存在 linked with Tierney are his former 味方する, Celtic, with new 経営者／支配人 Rodgers admitting that while his 味方する may not be able to afford Tierney's 給料, he wouldn't 支配する out a move for the Scotland international.?

Celtic 経営者／支配人 Brendan Rodgers (権利) has （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he wouldn't 支配する out a 可能性のある move for 兵器庫's Kieran Tierney (left)

The Celtic 学院 卒業生（する） (pictured) joined the Gunners in 2019 and にもかかわらず an excellent first few seasons, the defender has struggled to get 正規の／正選手 game time under Mikel Arteta?

Tierney won five Scottish league 肩書を与えるs and three Scottish cups with Celtic before moving to 兵器庫?

‘There’s been lots of players linked with here with me coming 支援する,' Rodge rs said によれば The Metro. 'All I know is Kieran is like myself, we loved our time here,’ Rodgers said when asked about the 移転 links.

‘When I spoke to him 負かす／撃墜する the road in the 首相 League, every time we met up all we talked about was Celtic. He’s a Celtic man but he’s at a fantastic club in 兵器庫.'

The Northern Irishman managed Tierney during his first （一定の）期間 at the club, with the pair going on to 勝利，勝つ 多重の Scottish league 肩書を与えるs during that time.

And while Rodgers didn't 率直に 収容する／認める Tierney was a 的, he didn't 辞退する to 支配する out a 移転: 'You can just never say never in football. Who knows what might happen? We wouldn’t be able to buy Kieran for £25-£30million, that’s for sure, or the 人物／姿／数字s I see banded about.

‘I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t be able to 支払う／賃金 the 抱擁する salary he’s on. However, one can never tell.

While Tierney 所有するs plenty of 質, 傷害s have held him 支援する in 最近の years.?

A cartilage problem in his 膝 顕著に 要求するd 外科 and saw the wing-支援する spend some time on the 味方するs 支援する in 2022, 誘発するing Arteta to 調印する new 増強s that have come in the form of?Oleksandr Zinchenko.?

And he has since fallen 負かす／撃墜する the つつく／ペックing order, in the position, 顕著に 存在 指名するd in 兵器庫's squad for 38 games last seaso n, but starting in just six matches - a far cry from his second season at the club that saw him start in 26 of the 27 league matches he was 利用できる for.

に引き続いて the arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko (middle) Tierney has struggled to get 正規の／正選手 game time for the Gunners, 誘発するing questions over whether he could leave the club

And new Celtic 経営者／支配人 Rodgers (pictured) didn't 支配する out the move but remained 現実主義の over whether his 味方する could afford Tierney

The defender 調印するd a five-year 契約 拡張 with 兵器庫 in 2021 and Mail Sport understands that makes him around?£100,000-a-week.

‘What I would say is that we have a couple of really good left-支援するs here already, Rodgers, who joined Celtic in June, 追加するd. 'I have been really impressed with young Greg Taylor.

‘Watching him come in and settling in at Celtic, he’s been excellent. Bernabei is still young and adapting, but I’ve liked those two during the course of pre-season.

‘Kieran has an incredible history with the club. He was a 大規模な part of my time here, so there will always be that link. You never know.’

It comes after former Celtic boss Neil Lennon called 試みる／企てるs to 誘惑する Tierney 支援する to Celtic, a 'long 発射' まっただ中に much 憶測 over the defender's 未来 at the club.?

Manchester City have also been 利益／興味d in Tierney, while there is also a chance he could re-部隊 with another former 経営者／支配人, Unai Emery, with the now 郊外住宅 boss 最初 bringing the Celtic 学院 卒業生（する） to the club 支援する in 2019??