Overview
- Alistair Johnston has joined Canada’s camp for home friendlies in Toronto and has taken part in full training, though coach Jesse Marsch says he is not expected to play against Iceland or Tunisia.
- Jesse Marsch said Johnston wanted to be in camp and called him important to the group after a long spell out of the team.
- Celtic manager Martin O’Neill said he would have preferred Johnston to stay at the club’s Lennoxtown base to continue his rehab.
- Celtic’s right side is thin because loanee Julian Araujo is injured and receiving treatment at Bournemouth and young full-back Colby Donovan has a knee problem.
- Johnston has not played since October after a hamstring setback that cut short appearances against Kairat Almaty and then Sturm Graz, which has made his return a careful, step-by-step process.