{"id":1100918,"date":"2019-08-10T14:15:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T13:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1100918"},"modified":"2019-08-10T13:59:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:59:55","slug":"tierney-beats-aubameyang-record","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/tierney-beats-aubameyang-record\/","title":{"rendered":"New signing Kieran Tierney has already beaten an Aubameyang record at Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Arsenal new boy Kieran Tierney broke a training record held by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during his medical.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Scottish left-back finally completed a protracted \u00a325m move from boyhood club Celtic to the Gunners on deadline day.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7336082-10-predictions-for-the-2019-20-premier-league-season<\/p>\n<p>However, due to his ongoing recovery from a double hernia operation, it will be awhile before he debuts under Unai Emery.<\/p>\n<p>But despite this Tierney passed his check-up, prior to penning a five-year contract, with flying colours. Firstly, in the vertical-leap-test, he produced 50cms off the ground vertical jump with his hands-on-hips.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s Kieran Tierney breaking Arsenal\u2019s vertical leap test with 55cm\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>Previous holder was @Aubameyang7 with 54cm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K2Mm071Eix\">pic.twitter.com\/K2Mm071Eix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Top Bin (@topbin_football) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/topbin_football\/status\/1159942824579731456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When told this was only 4cm away from Aubameyang&#8217;s best the Scottish defender smiled and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballscotland.co.uk\/spfl\/other-football\/watch-arsenal-star-kieran-tierney-16732766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: &#8220;I will try and beat that&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On his second attempt he pulled off a 55cm standing jump, smashing the Gabonese marksman record by a solitary cm.<\/p>\n<p>As impressive as this was, his on-field contribution has Emery excited.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How will Unai Emery setup Arsenal? | Squawka Tactics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LgL7-JR-P8Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re delighted Kieran is joining us. He\u2019s a very talented player who will continue to improve. He increases our options defensively and I look forward to him joining our group,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A big season awaits Tierney. Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tierney ended a 14-year association with boyhood club celtic when he joined Arsenal on deadline day.<\/li>\n<li>The left-back made 170 official appearances for the Scottish giants winning four league titles.<\/li>\n<li>He was one of three defensive acquisitions made by the Gunners alongside William Saliba and David Luiz.<\/li>\n<li>During his medical he smashed Aubameyang&#8217;s club standing jump record.<\/li>\n<li>Tierney is currently recovering from a double hernia operation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal new boy Kieran Tierney broke a training record held by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during his medical. 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