Newcastle United & Aston Villa offered chance to sign player for just £10m - price slashed from £30m

Arsenal are reportedly willing to accept just £10million for Kieran Tierney this summer.

The 27-year-old was targeted by both Newcastle United and Aston Villa last year with the Gunners setting his asking price at a reported £30m. Neither club were willing to meet Tierney’s valuation and he went on to join La Liga side Real Sociedad on a season-long loan deal instead.

Tierney made 26 appearances in all competitions last season but went through spells of missing a handful of matches because of injury. With no permanent switch to Spain on the cards, Tierney is due to return to Arsenal after he competes at Euro 2024 with Scotland.

But Mikel Arteta seemingly has no plans to reintegrate the left-back back into his squad with the likes of Jakub Kiwior, Jurrien Timber and Oleksandr Zinchenko ahead of the Scot in the pecking order. He has two years remaining on his contract but as per the Sunday Post, Arsenal are prepared to accept a cut-price fee of £10m.

It is unlikely Newcastle will be one of the teams to come forward. After considering Tierney in the early part of last summer’s window, their focus turned towards recruiting Lewis Hall from Chelsea. The 19-year-old spent the 2023-24 season on loan at St James’ Park and will join permanently for an initial £28miliion this summer after the Magpies met the performance-related criteria.

At left-back, Eddie Howe also has Dan Burn and Matt Targett for back-up, while the versatile Lloyd Kelly is expected to undergo his medical on Tyneside in the coming days after verbally agreeing a five-year contract following his release from AFC Bournemouth.

A emotional return to Celtic could reportedly become an option for Tierney, five years after he left the Scottish champions to join Arsenal in 2019 for £25m.