Brendan Rodgers: 'Johnston is a special talent'

The 19-year-old winger has been rumoured for a Hibernian loan, as part of a deal that would see John McGinn move to Parkhead.

However, Brendan Rodgers thinks that the young player should stay at Celtic to develop, and the boss is determined to keep him at the club.

"He is very much staying here at Celtic at this point in time," Rodgers told 'Sky Sports.'

"He is an exciting young talent at 19 years of age. He is learning the other side of the game in terms of the tactical idea of pressing and how to work and how to recover but there is no doubt he is a special talent."

"So at this moment in time he is very much in my plans. We need to develop him, get him some games and if that changes there is a number of options with teams that would like to take him, but at this moment he stays."