---
title: "Arsenal battle Guardiola’s Man City for Scottish champion"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-battle-guardiolas-man-city-for-scottish-champion/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Jonny Gorrie"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2016-10-07T18:05:34Z"
modified: "2016-10-07T18:05:34Z"
---

# Arsenal battle Guardiola’s Man City for Scottish champion

**With the international break giving the Premier League a rest, the punters in the Transfer Tavern are scouring the net for rumours and reports.**

For the Arsenal and Manchester City fans in this evening, they’ve been greeted to quite the transfer tidbit from [the Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/1926404/arsenal-and-manchester-city-keeping-tabs-on-celtic-star-kieran-tierney-with-left-back-set-for-the-very-top/).

They [claim](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/1926404/arsenal-and-manchester-city-keeping-tabs-on-celtic-star-kieran-tierney-with-left-back-set-for-the-very-top/) the Premier League giants are keen on Celtic sensation Kieran Tierney in an effort to bolster their defensive ranks.

The 19-year-old has emerged as one of the most promising left-backs in Europe for the Scottish champions, at a time when the market represents such a dearth of top quality options.

Despite penning a new deal with the Hoops in the summer, the Scottish international is [said](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/1926404/arsenal-and-manchester-city-keeping-tabs-on-celtic-star-kieran-tierney-with-left-back-set-for-the-very-top/) to have been the subject of a scouting mission from both sides south of the border.

City chief Pep Guardiola is [understood](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/1926404/arsenal-and-manchester-city-keeping-tabs-on-celtic-star-kieran-tierney-with-left-back-set-for-the-very-top/) to have been impressed with his performance, with the player’s surging run having set up Raheem Sterling’s own goal.

“Pep was impressed by Tierney’s non-stop running and refusal to hide on the night”, [said](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/1926404/arsenal-and-manchester-city-keeping-tabs-on-celtic-star-kieran-tierney-with-left-back-set-for-the-very-top/) an Etihad source.

“City have built close links with Celtic in recent years with Patrick Roberts currently on loan there this season.”

**How far will Tierney go in the game? Let us know below…**