Reported potential Kieran Tierney replacement was released by Celtic’s bitter rivals for being ‘too small’

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Celtic look set to lose Kieran Tierney to Arsenal. According to multiple sources, including the BBC, the Scotland international is set to join the Gunners after a fee of £25 million was agreed between the two clubs. 

Celtic are now set to search for a replacement and according to the Daily Record, that player could be Greg Taylor. 

The versatile Kilmarnock star is said to be high up on the list of potential replacements for Tierney. Celtic would need to battle with German outfit FC Nurnberg for his signature but would be confident of bringing in the player. 

If Celtic did sign Taylor, it would certainly be of notice to Old Firm rivals Rangers. 

Not only have they themselves been linked with the player, but the Ibrox club released Taylor as a youngster. 

As the 21-year-old told the Greenock Telegraph in 2016, Rangers released him in 2014 for being ‘too small’. 

“I was released from Rangers for being too small. I was too small and too slight, they said.

“That was definitely a motivation for me to go on and prove them wrong.”

Since then, he has become a star at Kilmarnock and earlier this year made his international debut for Scotland. 

Clearly, Rangers made an error in letting him go. Celtic would absolutely love the chance to punish their rivals for that mistake this summer.