Celtic’s Josip Juranovic starts for Croatia, target Ally Johnston starts for Canada

The Celtic Star

·27 November 2022

Celtic’s Josip Juranovic starts for Croatia, target Ally Johnston starts for Canada

Celtic’s Josip Juranovic starts for Croatia this afternoon as they face Canada. On the other side, Ally Johnston starts for the Canadians as they look to follow up an impressive display against Belgium with points against the 2018 Finalists.

Johnston has been heavily linked with Celtic in the last week and he even spoke about his delight at being linked with the Scottish Champions. However, the player that he would be seen to replace is the highly-rated Juranovic.

OneFootball Videos

Belgium’s forward #10 Eden Hazard and Canada’s defender #02 Alistair Johnston during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group F football match between Belgium and Canada at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on November 23, 2022. (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Juranovic has been touted with moves away since January, such has been the quality of his performances. The former Legia Warsaw defender has attracted interest from England and Spain and should he have an impressive World Cup campaign, you would expect that teams will strike up talks for the Croatian.

Juranovic has another three-and-a-half years on his deal at Celtic and, you would expect, at least £15m would be needed to prise him away from Glasgow’s East End. Albeit, it is an inevitability that players will be sought after given Ange’s quality of play.