Mikey Johnston has highlighted the role that Anton McElhone has played in his return to action.
The winger has yet to start a match this season but has been given increased playing time coming off the bench in the last three matches as Celtic knocked up wins over Motherwell, Ferencvaros and St Johnstone.
Since suffering a knee injury away to St Johnstone in January 2020 Mikey has had a miserable time of it even though he scored in the penalty shoot out win over Hearts in December to complete the Quadruple Treble.
It looked like he was about to enjoy a fresh start under Ange Postecoglou but a hamstring injury at the start of July put him out for another two months.
Another false start away to Livingston coincided with the arrival of McElhone as Head of Sports Science with Postecoglou now getting to work with the winger.
Johnston told The Sun:
Obviously, being a Celtic fan, if supporters don’t like you then it can get to you a bit but, it doesn’t matter too much because the manager’s the one who picks the team and I’m back from injury and he’s putting me on.
I’m feeling good. The new sports scientist has come in and helped me a lot. I’ve needed a bit more time to get myself back up to speed and also to make sure I don’t pick up any more injuries.
It’s been good and I’ve been working hard. The international week kind of came at a good time for me. I was able to get a lot of good fitness work in. I was able to put in some strength work that I wouldn’t necessarily just get from training.
Liel Abada and Jota have been the regular wingers so far this season but Johnston could soon be joined by James Forrest to bring extra depth and competition to the squad.