Valle moves to Como, Celtic loan terminated so KT deal is close | OneFootball

Alex Valle moves to Como as his Celtic loan from Barcelona is terminated. This can mean only one thing, the Kieran Tierney deal must be close…

Alex Valle with the Premier Sports Cup after Celtic’s victory over theRangers on 15 December 2024 at Hampden Park. Photo Kenny Ramsay

Alex Valle has had his loan deal terminated and will now move to Italian side Como. Valle signed on a one year loan deal from Barcelona and despite not playing regularly he looked like a player with great potential. Brendan Rodgers had committed Celtic to provide game-time to the on-loan Barcelona talent but due to changing circumstances the Celtic manager felt he could no longer fulfil his side of the bargain.

Accordingly Barcelona agreed to a separate deal with Italian side Como, as was reported several weeks ago. Alex Valle leaving Celtic therefore can only mean that a deal to bring Kieran Tierney to the club before the end of the window is now very close to completion.

Kieran Tierney and Scotty Sinclair of Celtic celebrate their team’s third goal scored by Callum McGregor during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox Stadium on April 29, 2017. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

It’s all but been confirmed that KT will sign a pre-contract agreement in the summer, but hopes were high that an agreement could be struck to bring him in on a loan this window, and with the news that Valle has left the building, it looks likely KT will be returning to Celtic Park before the transfer window slams shut.

Celtic’s Greg Taylor at the final whistle with Dundee United’s Ross Graham during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Dundee United at Celtic Park, on 8th January 2025. (Picture by Mark Runnacles)

With Greg Taylor the only option at left back, it would be extremely foolish for the club not to strengthen that position, and Brendan will be confident that he will gets his target in. And that target as everyone knows  is  Kieran Tierney.

With Jota returning to strengthen our squad, the return of KT will only further boost our ranks, although we still need a striker. Fabrizio Romano interestingly enough revisited the Kieran Tierney situation on his social media channels this afternoon. The transfer expect reported:

Fabrizio Romano also reported on the Alex Valle situation saying:

Alex Valle. Ross County v Celtic in Dingwall. Photo Vagelis Georgariou

Valle is also pictured in a Como shirt so it certainly looks clear that his time at Celtic has ended.

Valle is a tidy player and one who given time could have been a real success for Celtic working under Brendan Rodgers. The very best of luck to the boy at Como and whatever follows for him. At Celtic he became a Champions League player and a won a medal playing his part in Celtic’s Premier Sports League Cup final win over theRangers.

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Jota spoke to The Celtic Star and a few other Celtic fan media sites today at Celtic Park. Conor Spence from The Celtic Star asked the first three questions today…

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