A former Celtic player and manager has backed Callum McGregor’s career decisions that have dedicated him fully to the Hoops.
The midfielder has retired from Scotland duty after Euro 2024 to focus on his club career at Parkhead, and that appears to be paying dividends. He’s netted three excellent Premiership goals in five matches with a number of impressive displays in the eight games he’s played this seasonOutside a loan to Notts County, McGregor has only ever pulled on green and white hoops at club level in a trophy-laden era at Celtic. Former player and manager David Hay claims that some have raised eyebrows over his decisions not to go to the Premier League or continue his Scotland career, but it all feeds back into major Celtic positives.
Callum is now 31 and, while he won’t be applying for his bus pass any time soon, he is savvy enough to realise there is more of his Hoops career behind him than there is in front of him. Harsh, but true. He has made up his mind to put everything into his remaining years at Parkhead and that can only be good for the club.
“Could Callum have been such a success in the English top flight? There’s absolutely no doubt about it. I read recently that some newspapermen had labelled his refusal to leave Celtic for a club across the border as ‘pathetic and lacking ambition’. The anonymous journalists were not named and, being a battle-scarred sceptic, I wonder if the tale might have been the figment of someone’s imagination to grab and headline or two.
Callum is now 31 and, while he won’t be applying for his bus pass any time soon, he is savvy enough to realise there is more of his Hoops career behind him than there is in front of him. Harsh, but true. He has made up his mind to put everything into his remaining years at Parkhead and that can only be good for the club.
“Could Callum have been such a success in the English top flight? There’s absolutely no doubt about it. I read recently that some newspapermen had labelled his refusal to leave Celtic for a club across the border as ‘pathetic and lacking ambition’. The anonymous journalists were not named and, being a battle-scarred sceptic, I wonder if the tale might have been the figment of someone’s imagination to grab and headline or two.
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