Ange Postecoglou has say on potential Alistair Johnston and Cho Gue-sung Celtic transfers

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou hopes there will be developments soon on the potential signing of defender Alistair Johnston.

The 24-year-old Canadian right-back has been heavily linked with a move to Celtic, with many media outlets reporting that a £3million deal has been reached with his club Montreal CF. Celtic are also said to be looking Fenerbahce’s South Korean forward Cho Gue-sung of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, who scored twice for his country at the World Cup against Ghana earlier this week.

Cho Gue-sung scored twice for South Korea at the World Cup against Ghana.placeholder image
Cho Gue-sung scored twice for South Korea at the World Cup against Ghana.

Postecoglou has already bolstered his squad with the arrival of centre-half Yuki Kobayashi from Vissel Kobe and asked about specific links to Johnston and the 24-year-old striker Cho, the Australian coach responded: “We’re looking at a number of players. We are looking to get stronger and he [Johnston] is definitely one of the players on our radar. Hopefully there will be some developments in the near future and he can add something to our football club.”

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