{"id":162728,"date":"2025-09-27T01:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/162728\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T01:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:26:07","slug":"celtic-fans-will-be-buzzing-with-brendan-rodgers-injury-update-on-alistair-johnston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/162728\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic fans will be buzzing with Brendan Rodgers injury update on Alistair Johnston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alistair Johnston has been a massive miss for Celtic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/alistair-johnston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnston<\/a> suffered a bad injury against Kairat Almaty in the first leg of the Champions League play-off tie at Parkhead in August.<\/p>\n<p>He tore his hamstring and had to be stretchered off, before it was confirmed he was facing at least 12 weeks out and wouldn\u2019t play again until November.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/alistair-johnston-gives-huge-celtic-fitness-update-in-positive-development-for-brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnston confirmed his return timeline is ahead of schedule<\/a> and that appears to have been substantiated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Rodgers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2230326026-1-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"Alistair Johnston of Celtic celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the Premier Sports League Cup match between Celtic and Falkirk at Celtic Park\" class=\"wp-image-308362\" \/>Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesRodgers delivers promising Johnston news<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers spoke to the press ahead of facing Hibs on Saturday and intimated that Johnston is close to returning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> training.<\/p>\n<p>However, he stressed that there is still a way to go for Johnston to complete a full recovery. The boss said: \u201cWe\u2019ve got Ali Johnston, yes Ali will be hopefully joining us soon, but clearly not ready yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Ralston and Auston Trusty updates<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers also touched on Anthony Ralston and Auston Trusty, who both suffered foot and heel injuries respectively. <\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irishman said: \u201cTony trained at the beginning of the week, he obviously travelled with us and he\u2019s available for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuston had his first day back with the training group today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reo Hatate is a doubt<\/p>\n<p>And to round up the injury news, Hoops maestro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/question-mark-brendan-rodgers-reveals-hamstring-issue-for-celtic-star-ahead-of-hibs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reo Hatate is a doubt for the Hibs clash<\/a> due to a tight hamstring felt against Red Star Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers explained: \u201cWe\u2019ve got Reo as a question mark, but apart from that, we\u2019re virtually the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe felt a bit tight in his hamstring, so we\u2019ll just have to monitor that, and I\u2019ll find out this afternoon where he\u2019s at.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alistair Johnston has been a massive miss for Celtic. 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