Winger sets a deadline to save his Celtic career

Mikey Johnston has set himself a January deadline to revive his Celtic career.

The winger is a possibly starter for Ireland away to Holland on Saturday night but has solely 25 minutes of club football to his title this season, coming off the bench in the 0-0 draw away to Hibs.

Johnston made his first group debut in May 2017 underneath Brendan Rodgers but has never installed himself in the aspect with accidents a large component in his stop-start career.

At the age of 24 and with an global career opening up the next few months look quintessential for the winger with December looking like make or wreck for his Celtic career.

Speaking to The Sun Johnstone said:

No participant is going to be pleased when they’re now not playing. Ultimately, it’s up to me and I need to attempt and force my way into that team.

I have till January to do that and I will try and supply it the entirety to do that, however we simply have to see what happens.

Have I spoken to the manager about it? Not tons in the ultimate kind of month, we’ve had chats here and there.

It’s tough selections for the supervisor to make and finally it’s up to me. It can be done. Liam Scales thought he used to be out the door and now he’s back taking part in and he’s a normal in the team.

I’m so joyful for him and it indicates it can sincerely be done. I’m no longer going to say something awful about Celtic and I would love for it to show up at Celtic. I would love to play however I’m 24 now and I choose to play every game.

I choose to be concerned in Ireland camps, I favor to be playing for Ireland. Realistically, if I’m no longer playing I won’t be getting picked, except I go out and do really well. It makes it a lot harder.

I’m truly going to have to force my way into the Celtic team or see what happens. I’m now not positive what’s going to take place in January, however I do choose to play.

With Daizen Maeda and Liel Abada presently injured the door is open to wingers however Johnston failed to make it onto the bench again Aberdeen on Sunday.

Luis Palma and Yang Hyun-Jun were desired with James Forrest coming off the bench however with 11 matches earlier than the January spoil there may want to be one more threat ready for the Irish internationalist.

Celtic and Rangers are on high alert when a Super League rebel warns them, while Atletico Madrid light the fuse for a controversial rebirth with an EPL jab

The controversial plans have been muted in latest times but a large verdict is coming earlier than the end of 2023.

Atletico Madrid are stoking the flames for a dramatic Super League revival bid as Judgement Day rolls into view.

Both Celtic and Rangers have been cited when it comes to dramatic plans that would alter the football landscape. Earlier this year,Record Sport revealed the Premiership pair were on the the hitlist of a breakaway assignment powered through Real Madrid, Juventus and Barcelona. Both have been last loyal to UEFA but Bernd Reichart – the chief of the ESL’s company A22 – has made pitches to golf equipment across Europe.

He claims to have had talks with Scottish clubs, however, UEFA reprisals had him stopping brief of naming who. On December 21st, The European Court of Justice will have its final say on the validity of a European Super League, as the rebels claim UEFA and FIFA were breaking competition law by using threatening club sanctions.

12 European clubs put their ESL plans into motion returned in 2021 however were met via livid backlash, and the Premier League clubs pulling out put paid to any advances. But Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has now claimed it is a plan that ought to have been recommended to Spain.

He insists that with the breakaway league no longer being created, England’s top desk has been in a position to steal a march on signing the world’s pinnacle talent. He concedes it needs English assist to be viable.

Cerezo told Onda Cero: “I assume the Super League is excellent for Spanish football. With there being no Super League, the English have won.

“The Financial Fair Play used to be not fixed, and it benefits them. The proof being that they have taken all the high-quality players. Atletico left because we didn’t choose UEFA to sanction us. and without the English teams, there used to be no way to continue.”

Celtic were given a second chance to sign a £4 million striker who scored 19 goals last season

Celtic ought to have a 2nd hazard to convey in Sydney van Hooijdonk in the January transfer window as Bologna are ready to think about presents for the Serie A misfit. 

With the Dutchman already going through an uphill struggle setting up himself as Bologna’s range one centre-forward, he certainly may want to have performed without Joshua Zirkzee rediscovering the golden contact which had Manuel Neuer singing his praises at Bayern Munich a couple of years ago.

Zirkzee has been in phenomenal shape of late. Almost Berbatov-esque with his poise and finesse in the closing third. As such, a January departure appears to be the only option left handy to Sydney van Hooijdonk if the Celtic linked striker is to avoid spending the entirety of the season stuck on the sidelines.

Celtic like Sydney van Hooijdonk

Van Hooijdonk, son of former Hoops ace Pierre as you would possibly have guessed, has no longer commenced a single Serie A game in 2023/24. In fact, he’s only played 41 minutes in Italy’s top flight.

And with Bologna eyeing Porto’s former West Ham United prospect Toni Martinez, Gazzetta dello Sport are indicating that Van Hoojdonk should be allowed to depart in pursuit of extra regular action. Opportunity knocks for Celtic, then. Though whether or not Brendan Rodgers’ Premiership leaders revisit their £4 million-rated summer season goal remains to be considered (Il Resto del Carlino).

With Kyogo Furuhashi firmly established as Celtic’s number one through the middle and with Oh Hyeon-Gyu providing respectable depth in reserve, it is actually difficult to envisage a state of affairs in which Van Hooijdonk follows in his father’s footsteps and right away nails down a spot in Rodgers’ first XI.

19 dreams in one season at Heerenveen

Then again, a transient spell at Heerenveen in 2022/23 is proof of what Van Hooijdonk can do when given regular minutes and ordinary service. An old-school, broad-shouldered throwback of a number nine, the Dutchman scored 19 instances in a mid-table Eredivisie outfit, and would sincerely delight in the pigging out at a table waited on via the likes of Matt O’Riley, Daizen Maeda and Luis Palma.