Kieran Tierney is 'looking sharp' admits Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta as the former Celtic defender edges closer to a return to fitness.
The defender has been out of action since sustaining a serious hamstring injury during Scotland's 1-1 draw with Switzerland at Euro 2024.
He's missed the first three months of the season, with the 27-year-old's future very much up in the air after falling out of favour at The Emirates some time ago.
His last outing in an Arsenal shirt came in the 2023 Community Shield match against Manchester City at Wembley.
He then spent basically the whole of last season on loan at Real Sociedad in La Liga. He made 26 appearances for the club.
Now, Tierney is close to making his injury comeback.
Arteta revealed the news when speaking to the media ahead of his side's League Cup tie against Preston North End tomorrow night.
He said: "I think he’s quite close, he looks good, really sharp. He hasn’t trained with the team yet, hopefully, he can do that in the next week or two."
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Meanwhile, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted he could move Daizen Maeda up front again if Adam Idah is sidelined for a prolonged period of time by the ankle injury he suffered against Motherwell at Fir Park on Sunday.
Rodgers was awaiting the results of a scan on Republic of Ireland internationalist Idah when he spoke to the media today ahead of the William Hill Premiership match against Dundee at Parkhead tomorrow evening.
He is optimistic the £9m summer signing will not be sidelined long-term as a result of the reckless challenge, which opposition defender Liam Gordon received a red card from referee David Dickinson for, he was subjected to.
But the Northern Irishman confessed that winger Maeda, who netted a double when he was deployed through the middle in the Premier Sports Cup win over Hibernian back in August in the absence of Kyogo Furuhashi and Idah, could be moved into attack again if he is.
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