It seems that it is not just Celtic fans that are drooling over Alistair Johnston.
The defender was in action last night as Canada beat Honduras 4-1 to secure a semi-final place in the Nations League in June with some supporters very impressed by his performances at international level.
In just over two months Johnston has made a huge impact on Celtic with that feeling replicated last night with a couple of Canadian fans hoping that the defender can follow Karim Benzema, Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as a Balon d’Or winner.
The Alistair Johnston 2023 Ballon D’Or campaign has officially started#CanMNT?#CelticFC? pic.twitter.com/WVNUhepHGv
— Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic (@AlexGangueRuzic) March 28, 2023
Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic is the editor of Canadian website One Soccer.
Johnston will be flying across the Atlantic today ready to resume his Celtic career after a post World Cup catch up with his international team-mates.
Losing Josip Juranovic in January looked like causing disruption to Celtic but it seems that Ange Postecoglou had the situation well covered with a delve into the North American transfer market identifying the ideal replacement.
The one criticism that could be aimed at Juranovic would be a lack of physicality, his successor at right-back won’t be found wanting in that area and seems ready made for the often agricultural challenges of the Scottish game.
Has been a great buy strong and has decent pace type of player who would make good captain in the future with Ralston well covered in that position scouts and manager have worked well getting this lad.