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title: "Celtic: Mikey Johnston suffers fresh injury"
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author: "Charlie Smith"
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published: "2022-02-17T17:05:47Z"
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# Celtic: Mikey Johnston suffers fresh injury

**Celtic winger Mikey Johnston has suffered a fresh injury and won’t feature against Bodo/Glimt this evening, [The Daily Record](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/mikey-johnston-set-celtic-sidelines-26247616) report.**

### The Lowdown: Johnston’s struggles

Johnston has endured a number of injury woes in recent years, missing [68](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mikey-johnston/verletzungen/spieler/297257) games in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 seasons.

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The 22-year-old, who Callum McGregor called [‘brilliant’](https://www.67hailhail.com/news/callum-mcgregor-praises-celtic-talent-mikey-johnston-after-injury-comeback/), has struggled to break into Ange Postecoglou’s first-choice XI, starting just [three](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mikey-johnston/leistungsdaten/spieler/297257) Scottish Premiership games all season.

He was picked from the off in Celtic’s Scottish Cup clash with Raith Rovers on the weekend, however, he was forced off after [55](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mikey-johnston/leistungsdaten/spieler/297257) minutes with a new injury.

### The Latest: New injury

As relayed by [The Daily Record’s Mark Pirie](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/mikey-johnston-set-celtic-sidelines-26247616), Postecoglou confirmed that Johnston is set to be out ‘for a little while’ with an ankle sprain.

Pirie described it as a nightmare blow for the winger, who has been included in the club’s [25-man](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/celtics-europa-conference-league-squad-23010327) Europa Conference League squad.

[Celtic updates!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/celtic-updates-21/)

### The Verdict: Summer move inevitable?

Johnston was [wanted](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/mikey-johnston-aberdeen-transfer-target-22848302) by Aberdeen on loan late in the January transfer window, and you’d expect that a summer move could be on the cards for the Scot.

He could benefit from playing regular football when he is fully fit and is still under contract at Parkhead until [2025](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mikey-johnston/profil/spieler/297257).

Therefore, a season-long loan exit this summer could be best for all involved, and a positive campaign in 2022/23 could persuade Postecoglou and co to keep hold of the forward in the long run.

***In other news: [‘Big’ – Journalist claims Celtic club-record deal could be on the cards this summer.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-news/celtic-journalist-makes-antoine-semenyo-claim/)***