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Arsenal have agreed deals with Chelsea for Brazilian centre-back David Luiz and Celtic for Scottish left-back Kieran Tierney, sources have told ESPN FC.
Both players are expected to be at Arsenal’s training ground in London Colney on Thursday to pass their medicals and sign their contracts.
Luiz, 32, will sign a two-year deal and will cost £8 million while Tierney will put pen to paper on a five-year contract. Celtic will receive £25m, which will be spread over the length…
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TOP STORY: Napoli open door for Arsenal to sign Tierney
If Kieran Tierney does leave Celtic this summer, it won’t be for Napoli, as Carlo Ancelotti has ruled out a move for the left-back, BBC Scotland reports.
“Honestly, I’m not interested in signing him,” Ancelotti said. “We have two good left-backs, so…
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TOP STORY: Tierney to pricey for Arsenal’s tastes?
Kieran Tierney’s rumoured move to Arsenal may be dead and buried, as reaching an agreement between The Gunners and Celtic has become problematic, The Telegraph reports.
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TOP STORY: Gunners return for sought-after Tierney
Arsenal have made an improved offer for Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney, after having their initial bid turned down, The Times reports.
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The Gunners offered a fee of £15 million for the promising 22-year-old earlier in the week, but that…
Raf Honigstein and Craig Burley discuss the impact Manchester United’s reported summer budget of £100 million will have on their summer plans.
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TOP STORY: Gunners return for sought-after Tierney
Arsenal made an improved offer for Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney, after having their initial bid turned down, The Times reports.
TRANSFERS
Transfer grades: Rating every major signing from Europe
Why were Chelsea given a transfer ban?
FC Exclusives
– Man United only have £100m to spend
– Liverpool won’t sell Origi
– PSG open to Neymar sale
– Lukaku eyes exit, Inter interested
– United frustrated over Wan Bissaka
The Gunners offered a fee of £15 million for the promising 22-year-old earlier in the week, but that wasn’t…
Odsonne Edouard scored twice in Celtic’s 2-1 come-from-behind win over Hearts in the Scottish Cup final, securing the Hoops’ third straight domestic treble.
Jim McCaffery is a former coach and kit man at Scottish club Celtic.
Former football coach and Celtic kit man Jim McCafferty has been sentenced to more than six years in jail, after admitting to a series of sex offences against young boys that took place over several decades.
On Tuesday, the 72-year-old pleaded guilty to 11 charges related to paedophile activity against 10 victims.
Originally from Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, McCafferty was involved in football in Scotland and Ireland from the 1980s onwards, and worked as a kit man at Celtic, Hibernian and Falkirk.
McCafferty’s…