Kieran Tierney has made a rare appearance for Arsenal in the FA Cup amid transfer links with Celtic.
The Scotland internationalist was called upon by Mikel Arteta for the final seven minutes of extra-time in the cup tie against Manchester United on Sunday.
Tierney was named on the bench but had to be thrown on after an injury to Jorginho in the latter stages of the contest.
Our final change of the night... ↩️ Jorginho 🔛 Tierney ⚪️ 1-1 🔵 (113) pic.twitter.com/wgXdikCh0V
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) January 12, 2025
The defender took to the field to huge cheers from the home support inside the Emirates as Arsenal pushed for a winner against ten-man United.
Tierney, 26, has been on the bench for Arsenal in recent months but has made just one appearance this season - a 69-minute outing against Crystal Palace last month.
Since then, reports have emerged over a possible exit for Tierney this month with no plans for his deal in North London to be extended.
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Quizzed on links with a return to Celtic for Tierney, manager Brendan Rodgers said last month: "Well, Kieran is someone I know really well but there's lots of players who have been linked with coming to Celtic.
"We will never speak about a player, especially a young player that's at another club.
"But we've got work to do, we know that. We want to improve the squad further in a number of key areas. But until that happens, the players here have been working so well.
"We'll just continue to work with them and see what happens in January."
