Celtic boss Neil Lennon insists Kieran Tierney is more than welcome to show his face at Parkhead after the Arsenal star admitted he was scared to return to his boyhood club.
The left-back opened up about the treatment he received from a section of Celtic fans after he made the £25million switch to the Emirates last summer.
Tierney revealed 'Judas' was spray painted near his house in Glasgow before he made the move down to London.
Speaking on the Open Goal Keeping The Ball On The Ground podcast, Tierney said: "It was just sad the way it ended. People turning and all that.
"Some people make it out to be what it's not and it's not that at all.
"Weeks before when Arsenal had bid people were like that 'you're a rat if you go, you're terrible, you're never a Celtic fan.
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"I'm like 'this is breaking my heart reading this' and as soon as this gets announced it's going to blow up.
"And the worst thing I did when it got announced was go on Twitter. (There were) thousands of tweets, threats and all sorts.
"When I went home two days later after signing, there was spray paint on the walls, 'Judas' outside my bit."
Asked whether he'd returned since the move to the club he grew up at, Tierney said: "No, I'm scared!"
But Lennon has opened the door for his return and insists he's more than welcome to come back to the East End whenever he likes.
He said: "We don’t want him feeling uncomfortable coming back because he’s more than welcome here, that’s for sure."
