Alistair Johnston signs new Celtic deal until 2029

Published 22nd Nov 2024

Celtic defender Alistair Johnston has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until 2029.

The 26-year old moved to Parkhead at the end of 2022 and has gone on take make 79 appearances - scoring six times.

It comes in the same week he hit a landmark for his country where he earned his 50th cap for Canada.

He told the club's official website: “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.”

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