Celtic have completed the season-long loan signing of goalkeeper Sam Johnstone from Wolves, subject to international clearance.
The 33-year-old England international joins Viljami Sinisalo and Ross Doohan in Celtic’s goalkeeping department, bringing significant experience from English football after beginning his career with Manchester United in 2011.
Johnstone spent the past two seasons with Wolves and made 17 appearances for the Midlands club last term. The keeper has also won four England caps, keeping a clean sheet in each of his international outings.
Speaking to club media following his move, Johnstone said: “It’s a great feeling. I’m buzzing to be here and excited to get going.
“I didn’t need convincing by anyone, but Joe Hart rang me the other day just to reiterate what a place this is, what a great group of lads there is and how unbelievable the fans are.
“Like I said, I didn’t need convincing, but for someone like that to ring me up and reiterate the size of the club and what it means to people just made me so excited to get here and get started.
“I think everyone knows goalkeeping groups are tight-knit. We work closely together every day and hopefully I can help Vil, he can help me, and we push each other and support each other along with the other goalkeepers and the coaches.
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“You hear about the size of the club and you know about the size of the club, but just being here for a day, you notice how big the club is.
“And the pressure to win, which is what I like. Pressure to win, pressure to perform, and we all want to win trophies.
“You hear about the atmosphere at the stadium and that’s something I can’t wait to play in front of.”
Celtic manager Martin O’Neill added: “We are really happy to welcome Sam to Celtic.
“He is a quality goalkeeper with excellent experience at the highest level, and I think he will be a very good addition to our goalkeeping team.
“He is really looking forward to joining Celtic, adding competition to the squad, and we are pleased to bring a goalkeeper of this quality to the club.”
