'Unstoppable' Celtic star hailed as Scotland's best as Steven Gerrard touted for shock new role
The Celtic defender has been described as the league’s best player
Celtic hero Kieran Tierney is already proving that he is the best player in the Scottish Premiership after forming an ‘unstoppable’ relationship with Daizen Maeda, according to ex-Scotland international Pat Nevin.
The 27-year-old has made an instant impact on his return to Celtic Park this season, playing his part in the team keeping two clean sheets, while picking up an excellent assist from the team’s opening goal in the 2-0 win over Aberdeen at the weekend, leaving Nevin to label the Hoops defender as the league’s most talented player.
“He was dynamite,” said Nevin. “Down the left-hand side. He was a left winger, a left-back, or a left midfielder. He had a brilliant understanding with last year's best player, Maeda. If they play on the left-hand side together, in terms of Scottish football, they will be unstoppable if he stays fit. No one will stop them.
“They will put in cross after cross after cross, they will get into brilliant positions with great game awareness and intelligence. They've already set up a brilliant partnership on that left-hand side, and I know what it's like if you're a wide player, the most important player on the pitch for the guy behind you. You have to have an understanding of it, and you hope he's good. I played with some good ones over here. When you have that, you can destroy teams. You absolutely destroy teams. They will do that.
Tierney has started both of Celtic’s opening two league games following his summer return from Arsenal, but was taken off after 67 minutes in Sunday’s win over Aberdeen at Pittodrie with sickness. Head coach Brendan Rodgers revealed that he “might be a wee bug of some sort” but is recovering well, and Nevin believes Tierney is a certainty to win the league’s player of the season award if he remains injury-free. “If Kieran stays fit, it’s not a matter of if he could be the player of the year, it’s that he will be”, Nevin told football betting site BetVictor.
Meanwhile, ex-Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has been heralded as the perfect choice to be Wrexham’s next manager - if the Gers don’t come calling first. According to former Red Dragon’s forward Matt Jansen, the former Ibrox boss would be a perfect fit for the Welsh club, but believes Rangers may consider reappointing him following their disastrous start to life under Russell Martin.
“They [Rangers] drew and didn’t play well,” Jansen told BettingLounge.co.uk. “He [Martin] really tore into the team. That kind of thing can go one of two ways: either it sparks improvement, or it backfires badly. If results don’t go their way, players will say he’s lost the dressing room. It happens fast when the manager becomes the scapegoat. So it has to work, or his time there could be very short.
“Gerrard’s been out in the Middle East, but I think he’ll want to come back and do what Frank’s [Lampard] done, take a Championship club with ambition and one that has a real chance of getting promoted. If Wrexham struggle, that could be a good fit for him. He’d definitely have the backing, and with his contacts, I’m sure he could attract some big-name players too.”
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