Postecoglou moves for Johnston
Canada right-back Alistair Johnston has expressed his excitement over a potential move to Celtic after the champions reached a verbal agreement with his club Montreal CF to sign the defender.
The24-year-oldiscurrently with his national team at theworldcupinqatar,playing in the narrow 1-0 defeat by Belgium on Wednesday.
He has been earmarked as a transfer target by Celtic for some months and now manager Ange Postecoglou has made his move.
Talks are at an advanced stage and if personal terms can be agreed, Johnston’s move could be confirmed as early as next week.
“Look, to be linked with a club like Celtic is obviously something that I think every footballer is excited by,” said Johnston. “I think it’s one of the most passionate fan bases in the world. It’s a club that even people who don’t follow football know who it is. So yeah, just getting linked with them – my phone’s been blowing up, literally broke my phone actually.”