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Blaise Bourgeois·23 May 2019

Mikey Johnston: 'I've grown up only knowing success'

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Mikey Johnston has popped out of seemingly nowhere to put himself in contention to play in this Saturday’s Scottish Cup final against Hearts.

Johnston scored both goals in this past weekend’s 2-1 season-ending win over Hearts and has his eyes set on a historic treble-treble.


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“We have always been expected to win titles and cups, it’s part of the job at Celtic,” said Johnston. “You need to work hard and you certainly don’t want to be in the team that loses, that in itself brings its own pressure.

“Everybody wants the treble-treble, everyone in the dressing room wants it over the line. It’s another final and everyone is turning up taking nothing for granted.

“I was only about 11 or 12 when Rangers last won a trophy so it’s a fair comment to say that I’ve grown up knowing only success. My pals are the same.

“Celtic are used to winning, that’s certainly true for now. But there is always pressure to win things at a club like this. You must always be moving forward as a player and I think that has helped my development.

“It brings its own pressure, no one wants to lose, but I would never take it for granted that’s for sure because we have worked hard to achieve what we have.

“People lose games in training here and they are raging, that’s just the way it is. People want to win titles and at the moment that’s what we are doing at Celtic.”

The 20-year-old has featured 22 times for the Hoops this season, scoring five goals in just under 1,000 total first-team minutes.