Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter

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Celtic have held talks to re-sign their former defender Kieran Tierney on a pre-contract deal from Arsenal.

The 27-year-old left Celtic in 2019 for a reported £25million fee but Arsenal are now ready to let him leave at the end of his contract – as his career in English football has been blighted by injuries.

Amid interest from Celtic and a host of other clubs in Europe, it remains unclear whether Arsenal will let Tierney leave on loan in January before making any move permanent in the summer.

But there is a lot of goodwill towards Tierney in north London – as the Scotland international is considered a model professional – unfortunately unable to reach his highest level due to injury.

Tierney has still made 125 appearances for Arsenal over the course of his five-year contract, which included a loan spell at Real Sociedad, with his last appearance coming in the quarter-final victory in the Carabao Cup in December against Crystal Palace.

However, he has also suffered 10 injuries, including shoulder and knee injuries which required surgery to fix and a serious hamstring injury in June.