Kieran Tierney (Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom, 1997) is waiting with his suitcases ready to fly to Donostia for Real and Arsenal to close the last edges of negotiations so that the Scottish left-back can become a new txuri urdin player. There is an absolute agreement with the footballer and some aspects need to be defined between the clubs. A point of some disagreement lies in the non-mandatory purchase option. La Real can do without it and sign a loan to be used, without the possibility of a direct acquisition of the player, due to its high value.
And that is the truth Tierney is from the Premier League and more specifically from one of its top clubs which makes the operation with the footballer to strengthen the left side very expensive. It is not only the value of the purchase option, which is raised by around 15 million euros, but the conditions of the player’s subsequent contract with Real that he is paired with and that also needs to be closed. Figures with so many zeros that Celtic from Glasgow, another of the suitors, can’t even come close. The defender has a contract with the ‘Gunners’ until 2026 and ‘Transfermarkt’ values him at 25 million euros.
The appearance of other interested clubs at the last minute, as usually happens, also delays the negotiations, which, in any case, will bear fruit. La Real hopes to make the transfer official for one season -with an option or no purchase- of Tierney between Thursday and Friday, so that the footballer can pass the medical examination and start training in Zubieta as soon as possible.
The arrival of Monreal was facilitated
La Real have a lot to thank the Scottish international and not just for choosing to wear the txuri urdin among the options it manages. The arrival of Tierney to Arsenal in exchange for 27 million euros for Celtic which facilitated the departure of Nacho Monrealwho then also chose the txuri urdin option among those he had in that month of August 2019. La Real then had to pay 250,000 euros to Navarrese’s side, the starter in the Cup final that won against Athletic in 2021.
Source: La Verdad
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