Neil Lennon, boss of Celtic, evaluates the chances of Arsenal to recruit Kieran Tierney

Neil Lennon dismissed the hypothesis that Kieran Tierney could move towards Arsenal, claiming that Celtic was in a "strong position" to keep control of the left-back.

Unai Emery has identified Tierney as his first-choice goal back left early in the summer, but the Gunners are starting to lose hope in their pursuit of the 22-year-old Scottish international.

Arsenal's first bid of £ 15 million was rejected by Celtic and their subsequent offer of £ 25 million – which would have been paid in installments on the basis of appearance – received the same result.

There were rumors that Celtic also refused a third and apparently final offer to Arsenal. The North London club reportedly offered to pay more on the 25 million pounds forward, but Celtic was not satisfied with the structure of the deal.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Lennon denied allegations that Celtic had received a third bid on Tierney in recent days and baderted that Arsenal had made little progress in its attempts to sign the partisan.

'It's how you really were. I have no other information than two Arsenal offers that have been rejected, "said the Celtic official.

"There have been no other breakthroughs in this area.Our evaluation of Kieran has not been verified and it is as simple as that.

"You will find that other transfers do not pbad because the badessments have not been respected. Arsenal is not disrespectful. "

Lennon is confident that Tierney will still be a Celtic player when the transfer window closes on August 8th.

"They made an offer valuing the player to, they came back and obviously see Kieran as a very good player, as we do," he added.

"But on a long-term contract, we are in a very strong position for Kieran."

Arsenal is expected to announce the signing of the loan of 22-year-old Dani Ceballos of Real Madrid, imminent after Tottenham's victory over the Spanish midfielder.

William Saliba is about to follow Ceballos through the gates of the Emirates. Arsenal has announced a £ 28 million contract with Saint-Etienne for the 18-year-old central defender.

France's under-20 international, another player on the Spurs' radar, will be loaned to Saint-Etienne for the coming season.

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