Callum McGregor: Celtic Captain on ‘Salt Dreams’ by Milestone 500 Games with Boyhood Club | Football news
Callum McGregor has moved from Celtic Ball Boy Boy’s career captain who has earned him 23 main honors so far.
Led a team for Sunday’s 3-1 victory in Motherwell To achieve 500. appearance for Scottish champions and will be on Wednesday at their home game against Dundee.
Apart from the seasonal loan in the Notts district, when he was 20, the hoops were all he had ever known, and his presence coincided with incredible success.
In his second magic, he is under Brendan Rodgers, who has previously played under Ronny Deil, Neil Lennon and Ange Postecoglou.
In 2018/19, while Celtic was unstoppable on the way to the third consecutive title, McGregor was imperceptible by playing more minutes of competitive football than any other player in world football.
The 31-year-old thought about his incredible journey that took him to 23 honors, a level with the legendary captain Billy McNeil. A record that was supposed to surpass before the end of this season.
His Celtic debut
Sky Sports said, “Your initial thought is just trying to help the team, try to play well and hope we will win. Obviously it turned out.
“I was able to achieve a winning goal and a little statement about your debut that is always important, I think when you enter big clubs and get into the team.
“It is important that you do something to try to highlight or be remembered, so it was obviously a really positive start in that sense.”
Why is Rodgers his ‘biggest influence’
“From the first meeting we had, all he said was quite perfectly and in line with the way I see football and the way I want to play football.
“I thought immediately that I had a decent chance here, I think we are on the same page, and then it is only up to me to continue to develop and continue to improve and constantly try to gain his trust.
“Obviously quickly ahead and I had an incredible relationship throughout my career and he must have been the one who had the biggest impact on me.
“I am really grateful for his faith first of all that he has shown in me, but the journey in learning at which we were together as a player and the manager was amazing and I loved every minute of that.”
‘Invincible high career career’
Celtic became the first team to win the homemaker without lost the game, a feat that was sealed by Toma Rogic’s strike, while Celtic beat Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final.
McGregor recalled, “It all led to that moment. Throughout the season, your team played amazing football, and now the conversation is an invincible tower. If you win this, do something that has never been done before.
“I think it would be difficult for you to push to find a special individual moment from that.”
Becoming a Celtic captain
“Such honor, something I take so seriously.
“My responsibility is to ensure that the club is successful together with all the other players, but in the end, on the field, arrival will stop with me and I am pleased with that.
“I’m fine with that because when things go well, then you get a loan, but if things don’t go so well, then you have to get prevented and face it.
“It’s a lot of pressure, it’s a big expectation, but I feel like it’s what brings the best and from me.”
Reaching 500 Celtic games
“It’s a dream come true. That’s probably the only way I can say. As a young man, all I wanted to do is football. I went through the door in Celtics at nine, and still be here and get 500 matches are such an incredible achievement.
“When you see some names that played for this club, you feel immensely proud and very, happy that you have had such a good career here.
“In this club, you are always under pressure, it’s so demanding. That they appear so much then, I hope I do something right and I just want to continue working hard every day trying to help my teammates and help this football club.
“Just try to put one leg in front of the other every day. Every time you train, try to be maximum. Go home, recover well and then when the games appear, it is obvious that we expect great expectations to win.
