Celtic thought they had the next Tierney, and now he has not played for 10 months

Celtic They lifted their first title of the 2024/25 season on Sunday after beating Rangers 5-4 on penalties in the League Cup final at Hampden Park.

It was not an easy afternoon for the Hoops at the National Stadium as they had to fight back from a 1-0 deficit at half-time to take the lead and were then pegged twice to make it 2-2 and 3-3 before winning. Penalties.

Greg Taylor was one of the players who underperformed, despite scoring goals His big mistake Which led to the first goal being scored by Nadeem Bajrami in the first half.

He was a Scottish international He was criticized for his performancewith the ‘Everything Celtic’ fan account on the X hoping to be sold next month, and the Hoops may want to keep Kieran Tierney in their ranks.

Kieran Tierney’s time at Celtic

The Arsenal defender came through the ranks in Glasgow and went straight into Celtic’s first-team squad with no loan moves elsewhere for development.

Tierney went to Make 170 impressions In all competitions for the Scottish giant, he contributed eight goals and made 37 assists in that period. Winning five Scottish Premier League titles.

As you can see in the graphic above, he was then sold to Arsenal for a sum of money £25 million fee In the summer of 2019, which led to the arrival of Taylor from Kilmarnock.

Celtic may have thought they had found the next Kieran Tierney when Adam Montgomery arrived the following season, in 2020/21.

Montgomery He appeared twice In the Premier League when he was 18 years old, which caught Tierney’s attention. The Gunners full-back described him as a “good talent”. It was “good enough” To follow in his footsteps.

Where is Adam Montgomery now?

Now the left-back is 22 years old He was out of work Since February due to a “serious” hamstring injury, which he suffered while on loan with Motherwell in the Premier League.

Unfortunately, the Scottish defender did not play in the same way as Tierney, who went straight into the first team and emerged as a regular starter.

Montgomery did He participated in 18 matches In the first half of the 2021/22 season he has been praised Angie Postecoglou to His “tremendous” composure.but was then sent on loan to Aberdeen in January.

Postecoglou decided the academy graduate was not at the level required to be part of the first team, let alone go beyond Taylor, and sent him on loan to St Johnstone for the 2022/23 season.

As you can see in the table above, Montgomery was a regular in the team at Premier League level but failed to impress with his performances, as he struggled to offer much in possession and was beaten down by opposition strikers too often.

It was then Sent on loan He joined Fleetwood Town in the Premier League at the start of last season before being recalled following injury issues, before returning to Celtic in January and then suffering a hamstring problem after joining Motherwell.

At the time of writing, Transfermarkt rates the young defender At a price of only 500 thousand euros (£413,000) This explains his lack of progress in recent years, with his performances lacking quality even before his injury problems.

While he still has time to turn his career around, at the age of 22, Montgomery does not look likely to emerge as Celtic’s next Tierney player, despite his early promise after the breakout.