Celtic sun cimba tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa na kasa-da-kasa na England Sam Johnstone a matsayin aro na tsawon kakar wasa guda daga Wolverhampton Wanderers, don karfafa zabin su a tsakanin sanduna.
Ɗan wasan mai shekaru 33 ya zo wurin zakaran Scotland don yin gasa da ɗan wasan Finland mai suna Viljami Sinisalo don wanda zai yi gadin gora na farko. Johnstone ya sami kwarjinsa na karshe a tawagar England a 2023, ya kuma taka rawa a wasanni 17 ga Wolves a kakar da ta gabata kafin ya rasa wurinsa na farko a watan Disamba. Bayyanarsa ta karshe ta zo ne a cikin wasan FA Cup da Liverpool a farkon Maris.
Johnstone ya yi farin ciki don shiga al'adun nasara na Celtic
Mai gadin goran, wanda ya fara aikinsa a Manchester United kuma ya taba wakiltar Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, da Crystal Palace, ya nuna murnarsa da isowarsa.
"Ina cikin farin ciki sosai don kasancewa a nan kuma ina da sha'awa don fara," in ji Johnstone ga kafar yada labarai ta kulob din. Ya kuma bayyana cewa tsohon mai gadin goran Celtic da England Joe Hart ya kira shi kai tsaye don ya karfafa shi ya yi wannan canjin.
"Ban bukata wani ya gamsar da ni ba, amma Joe Hart ya kirana kwanakin baya kawai don tabbatar da yadda wannan wuri yake mai kyau, da kyakkyawan rukuni na 'yan wasa, da kuma yadda magoya baya suke ban al'ajabi," in ji shi.
Johnstone ya jaddada girman kulob din da al'adun neman nasara wanda suka jawo hankalinsa. "Matsin lamba na cin nasara — shi ne nake so — matsin lamba na cin nasara, matsin lamba na yin aiki, kuma dukkanmu muna son cin kofuna," ya kara da haka.
Ya kuma yi magana da fara'a game da hangen aikin tare da Sinisalo. "Ina tsammanin kowa ya san cewa kungiyoyin 'yan gadi suna zama tare sosai. Muna aiki tare kowace rana kuma ina fatan zan iya taimaka wa Vil shi kuma ya taimake ni, mu turawa juna mu kuma goyi juna tare da sauran 'yan gadi da koacin gadi," in ji shi.
Cike gibin da ya biyo baya daga ritayar Schmeichel
Wannan sayan yana cike gibin da ya haifu lokacin da Kasper Schmeichel — wanda ya kasance mai gadin goran farko na Celtic tun daga lokacin rani na 2024 — ya yi ritaya a watan Fabrairu saboda rauni a kafaɗa, bayan ya taka wasanninsa na karshe a farkon wannan wata.
Manaja Martin O'Neill ya maraba da ƙarin, yana cewa Johnstone "mai gadi ne mai inganci da ƙwarewa ta musamman a mafi girman matakin" kuma ya annabta zai kasance "ƙari mai kyau sosai ga ƙungiyarmu ta masu gadi."
