Alistair Johnston signs new Celtic contract running to summer 2029…
Celtic this morning announced the brilliant news that Alistair Johnston has signed a new contract that will see him remain at the club until the summer of 2029.
💬 "Everyone at the club felt it crucial that we extend Ali’s contract with Celtic and I am delighted that we have been able to do this."
More from the Manager below ⤵️#AJ2029 | #CelticFC🍀
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) November 22, 2024
The Canadian international defender, who signed for Celtic at the end of 2022, has already amassed 79 appearances and scored six goals for the club, performing brilliantly in the right-back position and playing a crucial role in the club’s recent successes. Just this week Ali has also surpassed the half-century international mark for his country by earning his 50th and 51st Canadian caps.
Alistair said: “I am just delighted to extend my contract with Celtic. I got a brilliant welcome to the club in 2022 and ever since I have had the best of times, loving every minute as part of such a great institution and I wanted to continue to be part of that.
“It’s an absolute honour to pull that famous jersey on every week and to have achieved so much success with my team-mates already has been so satisfying. But of course, we want more and that is our focus.
“It is a real delight to be working day in, day out in such a great set-up, working with the gaffer and the staff who have such ambition for success and with such a great group of lads in the team.
“Of course my team-mates have been everything to me – it is a brilliant dressing room I am privileged to be part of, with real quality guys beside me and I know we are all, collectively looking to work as hard as we can to bring our fans even more success over the next few years.”
Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers added: “It is fantastic news for the club and our fans that Ali has agreed this new contract.
“In a relatively short period of time he has established himself as a fantastic player for Celtic, showing real quality and just delivering performance after performance for us, week in, week out. He has a phenomenal work ethic and attitude, brilliant hunger and positivity, such an honest love for the game and a real desire to improve in everything he does.
“These are the qualities which make a great player and he has certainly been that for Celtic. Everyone at the club felt it crucial that we extend Ali’s contract with Celtic and I am delighted that we have been able to do this.”
🍁 We are delighted to announce that Alistair Johnston has agreed a new contract with the club which will run until the summer of 2029!
Well deserved, AJ 💚#AJ2029 | #CelticFC🍀
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) November 22, 2024
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Delighted for AJ and well deserved also.
These improved contracts offer better protection for both ourselves and AJ in financial terms, and a policy that should have been in place years ago?
But we are finally starting to get up to speed now, especially with looking at trying to keep hold of such important players as AJ, instead of looking to sell for the big profit?
Course that could still happen, but would take a massive offer to even be considered now, from both parties involved?
Raises the question still regarding the contract situation of Taylor?
But for Taylor, he still isn’t the calibre of player that AJ is, so expecting that situation to remain ongoing still, by the looks of things?