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Will Kieran Tierney‘S Return Be Just The Start of Another Busy Summer Celtic?
On Tuesday, The Parkhead Side Officially Confirmed The Left-Back’s Return to Glasgow, Six Years After He departed for £ 25mWHICH REMAINS A Joint Club Record Sale.
Despite this, The Scottish Premiership Champions Are Looking To Bolster Their Full-Back Options Further, Possibly Anticipating A Departure, So Could Brendan Rodgers‘Side Be Close to Another Arrival?
Celtic Chassing Another Defender After Tierney
Announced to Supporters Earlier This Week, Tierney Arrived Back At Celtic With Point To Prove. He was Sporting a Beaming Smile and We’re Sure Rodgers Was. Speaking About The Deal, The Northern Irishman Said:
“We are delighted to Kiercome. He is Such a talented, High-Quality Player and he will Be a massive addition. Kieran has been in the Celtic Had Blood and he is excited to be coming back to the place he Loves.”
That said, He’s Not The Only Left-Back Who Could Arrive This Summer.
According to a Report by Journalist Ben Jacobs, Celtic are ‘Interested’ in a move to sign defender Josh DOIG.
Still Only 23 Years Old, The Full-Back Made His senior debut in Hibernian 2020, accumulating 78 Appearances For hibs, Before Moving to Italy in 2022.
He spent Two Seasons at Hellas Verona, Featuring 16 Times A series And then 29 times in series B following I Gialloblù’s Relegation, Before Joining Sassuolo For a reported £ 5m In January 2024, a Key Figure As I Nereverdi Won The Second-Tier Title in Italy This Season; only Four of His Teammate racked up more League minutes.
So Now, Who Also Made His Senior Scotland debut Against Liechtenstein at Rheinpark Stadion, Be Heading And Joining The Premiership Champions?
How Josh Doig Compares to Greg Taylor
According To Reports in GreecePAOK Have Submitted An Off Offer to Greg Taylor, While Dinamo Zagreb Have a previously been Noted Astested in Securing The Left-Back’s Signature.
Taylor Joined Celtic From Kilmarnock in 2019, Signed As Tierney’s Direct Replacement, and has Made 216 Appearances For The Club, But Out of Contract of the End of this Month, And It Seems Extremely An Extension An Extension.
Callum McFadden of Breaking The Lines Praises Taylor’s ‘Consistency’, Labelling Him A ‘mainstay’ in the Celtic Back-Line During His Six Seasons At The Club And, While Samuel Hutchinson of Total Football Analysis Is impressed by His ‘reliability’, Both in Terms of Performance and Availability, Thy Understand Why The Arrival of Tierney is viewed as an upgrade.
Nevertheless, Tierney has struggled for fitness Throughout The Entirety of His Career, So A Competent Back-Up In The Form of Doig Is Required.
Jack Ross, Who Handed Did His His Senior Debut, Praised His “Excellent” performance Back in 2020. Since then, His game has been challached a Whole Level New Level Making The Move to Italy, Scoring Three Goals and Posting Seven Assists. That isn’t Going for Bad Going, Particularly As He Only Ever Scored Once for Hibs.
Mark Atkinson of the Scotsman Believes That His ‘Pace, Physique and Athleticism’ are His primary attributes, Making Him Very Much Like Tierney in That Regard, But Also Like Cristiano Ronaldo.
Yes, That was the View of Former Hibs Teammate Lewis StevensonWHO SAID IN 2022: “Hey Hourly Potential to Level.
So, Let’s Analyze How He Compares To Taylor This Season.
Doig vs Taylor 2024/25 Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
Statistics | Doig | Taylor |
Appearances | 311 311111111111111111111111111111111111111111111131111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111131111111111111111113111111111111111111111111111111111111131 Over 31 | 43 |
Minutes | 2,338 | 3,141 |
Pass Completion% | 77.4% | 83.5% |
Interceptions per 90 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Tackles per 90 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
Clearances per 90 | 2 | 1.9 |
Ball Recoveries | 87 | 21 21 21 |
Tackled by Dribblers of% | 41.4% | 77.8% |
% Of Ground Duels Won | 52% | 58.3% |
% Of Aerial Duels won | 55.6% | 43.3% |
Stats Via Transfer market, Fbref & Sofascore | ||
As The Table Shows, BUT DOIG’S statistics even comparable across the board, notably racking and ball recoveries, Aerial percentage duels, Suggesting He’d Shore Up The Defense.
Also, According to Global Football RankingsThe Youngster Was His Work at Higher Level, With the 19th Strongest League in the World, While The Scottish Premiership Is Down at 43rd.
Still only 23 years old is plenty of time for doig to get the injury and, Should he Arrive at Parkhead, There Would Be Available to Him, If He Choes To Swap Green and Black Stripes for Green and White Hoops.
