NEIL LENNON insists Kieran Tierney's ongoing injury problem would NOT prevent him from passing any medical he could go undergo.

The Celtic star is still crocked as he battles back to full fitness following hernia surgery at the end of last season.

2 Kieran Tierney is still out injured Credit: Kenny Ramsay - The Sun Glasgow

Hoops boss Lennon revealed last week that the Arsenal target is still feeling pain when he runs but vowed the issue wouldn't stop a potential transfer.

He said: "I wouldn’t have thought so, no.

“It is one of these sort of ongoing conditions that causes discomfort and he was in a lot of discomfort towards the end of last season, to the point where he was struggling to get out of bed.

“It’s a question of trying to let that settle. He is back out on the grass now, which is a good sign.

“I’d like to think in the next two or three weeks he will be maybe not playing, but back into full training anyway.”

2 Neil Lennon could lose the player if Arsenal match Celtic's £25m price tag Credit: Kenny Ramsay - The Sun Glasgow

The Gunners are leading the chase to sign the left-back, with Napoli also being kept informed of developments in transfer negotiations.

Lennon insists KT will only be sold if the Parkhead club's valuation is met and told Arsenal that he is a BARGAIN buy at £25million.

He said: “It’s huge money but he’s a huge player.

“It’s important that we have a valuation of the player and if it’s not met then it’s not met.

“You know, we don’t have to sell.

“This is what we’re saying - we don’t want to sell. But sometimes players leave and even big players.

“Cristiano Ronaldo left Man United and they’re the biggest club in the world so sometimes these things happen.

“From a business point of view it may be substantial for the club but from a footballing point of view long-term it may be detrimental to us.

“We’ve had some great players here and there’s no question Kieran could play in the Premier League.

“We’ve had Virgil van Dijk, Victor Wanyama, Fraser Forster, Gary Hooper, Moussa Dembele - all these players - and Kieran is as good and in that bracket.

“So he has a price and a valuation and the way the market is in England it could even look like a bargain when you think of Aaron Wan-Bissaka going for £50m.

“Listen, we can’t think about what clubs do in England because we can only affect our own criteria. But the bar has been set by the club and they’re pretty adamant they’re not moving on it. For nobody.”

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