Alistair Johnston

It’ll be stuck in my head now that Engels is an accomplished Lb

 

Vancouver Whitecaps defender Sam Adekugbe has replaced the injured Alistair Johnston ahead of Canada’s friendly with Mexico in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday.
Johnston left Saturday’s 2-1 win over the U.S. in Kansas City in the 23rd minute. He was replaced by Richie Laryea.
“He said he felt a little bit of tightness in his hamstring,” Canada coach Jesse Marsch said after the game. “And so he just felt it was smarter to step out.”
Canada Soccer said Sunday that Johnston has returned to his club, Scotland’s Celtic.

Adekugbe was originally called into camp by Marsch but was ruled out through injury himself, with CF Montreal’s Nathan Saliba coming in as a replacement. Saliba won his first Canada cap Saturday, entering the game in the 94th minute.

The 29-year-old Adekugbe, who has won 42 caps for Canada, is healthy again, it appears.

Forward Theo Bair was replaced by Jacen Russel-Rowe after arriving at the Canada camp with an injury.

 

They just pulled out mate citing fatigue apparently all good

 

Jesus * christ

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This is why I hate international games..

 

I'm not reading too much into that. It could simply be we (or he himself) have asked them not to risk him aggravating it for the sake of a friendly match and they have agreed and called someone else up.

 

Talk of him being offered a new contract that puts him on with the highest earners according to Scott burns

 

Any more word on that injury? I didn't realise he came off injured in that game.

 

Fantastic news if true. Definitely deserves to be in that bracket.

 

New contract is well deserved, his start to the season has been incredible - genuinely up there with how KT was at his best.

Hope the injury isn’t too bad and he can come back in time for the CL next week, he’s a huge part of how we play.

 

I think he's earned it, his performances near the end of last season and this season have been fantastic. I could see him being someone who'll stay for years to come

First choice for Canada, one of their best players (I honestly hear more about him for Canada than Davies and David) and would be next in line as Captain for me after McGregor

 

Would be well deserved and great news if it happens. Really would love to see him stay with us for the long term. At 25 now the best years of his career still ahead for him most likely and hopefully he stays and plays them at Celtic.

 

Agreed. Potentially a future captain in my opinion!

 

Definite captain material.

 

If he were to become captain, he’d be the first permanent club captain not to come from Scotland or Ireland.

 

Celtic are set to open talks with Alistair Johnston over a new deal to bring him in line with the club's top earners.

The Hoops hierarchy have got the transfer window out of the way and want to continue the trend of tying up their top stars on long-term contracts. The Canadian international still has three years left on his existing deal but they want to extend that and hand him improved terms.


The 25-year-old moved to Scotland from CF Montreal back two years ago and has pretty much made the right-back slot his own. Johnston is still on the existing contract when he first arrived at Celtic. Brendan Rodgers is keen to bring him in line with some of his other first-team stars. The Hoops have already made initial contact with the player’s representatives to get the ball rolling.



Johnston has returned to Lennoxtown this week after being away on international duty with Canada. The full-back limped out of the 2-1 win over USA with a hamstring issue but Canadian boss Jesse Marsch doesn’t think it will be too major. Johnston will be assessed by the Celtic medical team before the Hoops get ready to return to Premiership action against Hearts.

 

Well deserved, I really like AJ and hope he's with us fer a while.

 

He seemed to struggle for a bit like others with the transition from AP to BR but has proper kicked on.. well deserved and hope it gets done