Ange Postecoglou reveals the Celtic transfer buzz around Callum McGregor no one gets to hear
dailyrecord.co.ukHe didn’t come all this way – and end up in Scottish football’s madhouse – for a quiet life. But even so, Ange Postecoglou can do without some of the noise which comes with the job of managing Celtic.No dramas.
No distractions. Just business. That’s the way the big Aussie likes it. And it’s why he could hardly see Giorgios Giakoumakis off the premises quickly enough after the Greek and his advisers started throwing their toys out of the pram towards the end of last year.Postecoglou’s parting shot spoke volumes when asked if Giakoumakis had found himself a new club. “If you’re on Instagram, you’ll probably get the details before me”.
Or words to that effect. And it didn’t need subtitles to work out the manager’s message. So it’s no wonder Postecoglou has found such a kindred spirit in captain Callum McGregor, a player who personifies the same no-fuss all-focus approach to winning football matches.McGregor clocked up his 400th game in a Celtic shirt just the other week.
It’s hard to recall any time during that period when the Scotland stalwart has uttered a single word out of place.And the sound of silence was music to Postecoglou’s ears last week too when another transfer window came and went without the need to have any of those awkward conversations with the man who wears the armband. “Yeah, that’s probably why I don’t bump him up on a weekly basis!
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