Kieran Tierney was substituted with 14 minutes remaining in Celtic’s 2-1 win in opposition to Dundee final weekend — and pundit Ian McCall believes the left-back ought to be dropped for the title run-in
Andy Robertson might go away Liverpool this summer season(Image: Getty Images)
Celtic has been urged to bench left-back Kieran Tierney and provides Marcelo Saracchi a run within the facet through the essential title run-in.
The request is fascinating from a Liverpool perspective, as Andy Robertson is being linked with a move to Celtic. The Reds left-back is out of contract in the summertime and has beforehand expressed his need to play for Celtic someday, the club he supported as a baby.
Tierney’s presence in Glasgow might make it troublesome for Robertson to safe a transfer to Celtic, however the scenario might change if the previous Arsenal man is dropped towards the tip of this season. Former Partick Thistle and Dundee United supervisor Ian McCall believes Tierney is exhibiting rising indicators of fatigue and ought to be benched.
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The left-back has amassed 45 appearances throughout all competitions this season following his return to his hometown club from Arsenal final summer season — the best tally he has managed because the 2017-18 marketing campaign throughout his preliminary stint at Parkhead.
Despite this, Tierney has solely gone the total 90 minutes on 13 events, and was substituted for Boca Juniors loanee Saracchi with 14 minutes left on the clock in final Sunday’s 2-1 victory at Dundee, a outcome that closed the hole on league leaders Hearts to simply three factors for Martin O’Neill’s facet.
With solely six fixtures remaining, McCall is satisfied that weariness is starting to take its toll on Tierney and believes the touring Celtic trustworthy shared that sentiment. Speaking on ‘Open Goal,’ he stated: “It’s a horrible thing. I think he should be playing left-back ahead of Kieran Tierney just now.
Kieran Tierney was benched by Celtic(Image: Getty Images)
“Kieran Tierney simply seems to be drained. The backside line is, look how a lot he is performed over the past 4 years. I assumed the Celtic supporters had been giving Saracchi a cheer when he got here on when Tierney received taken off. We all know Tierney is top-notch when he is match, however proper at this minute, for these six video games, Saracchi seems to be like he has extra power and extra about him. I’d perhaps take into consideration him.”
Only last week, Tierney responded to those questioning whether he remains the same talent who departed Celtic for Hearts almost seven years ago. “People are at all times going to do it, they usually nonetheless say it immediately”, he told the club’s media channel.
“There’s nothing you are able to do aside from work onerous. And I’m simply so grateful as a result of the club, one of many causes I got here again is as a result of I do know the club so nicely they usually know me, they usually most likely knew that I used to be going to want a little bit of time.
“So the club never put pressure on me at the start to play three games a week, three 90 minutes a week. It was a slow buildup, and that was always the plan. So in my head at the time, I was like, Oh, maybe I would like to play more and longer and be fitter and be stronger, but I knew it was a process.”
Robertson, in the meantime, has not selected whether or not to go away Liverpool this summer season. Yet he’s out of contract and has struggled to get forward of Milos Kerkez within the pecking order this season.
Roberton told the ‘Currie Club Podcast’ in 2022: “Every time I watch Celtic, I consider it (joining the team). When you watch them and see a packed Celtic Park, as a fan, you always have that dream. Ideally, I want to finish my career here at Liverpool.
If I can stay at the top of my game, at the top of the tree my whole career, that’s the route I want to go down. But also, when I look at Celtic, and when I was growing up, I was thinking I wanted to give them my best years.
“When I used to be at Queen’s Park, I had a dream of nonetheless enjoying with Celtic and at all times dreamed of giving my finest years to Celtic. And now I don’t need to go as a 34 or 35-year-old outdated man that my uncles begin hating on me as a result of I can’t transfer anymore! Time will inform. I’m very a lot an individual who lives within the second. I don’t look too far forward, and I don’t usually look again. There shall be a time for that.”
