Back in 2016 McGregor’s future was far from certain at Celtic, after breaking through at the start of the 2014/15 season under Ronny Deila his form and appearances had started to drift.
After attending the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden on April 30 Rodgers kept a closer eye on the remaining matches of the season, not many of the fringe players advanced their cases as Celtic crashed to two defeats and a draw in the four matches following the title clincher at…
Rodgers will have to go with the same squad of players again on Saturday against Gamba Osaka although Yuki Kobayashi could miss out through injury.
McPherson has a genuine opportunity to progress his Celtic career in the next fortnight with Tony Ralston joining Alistair Johnston in the treatment room.
The report in The Sun claims that the players will arrive in Scotland next week which leaves them with their Korea clubs to prepare for life in Europe while paperwork is progressed.
In Tuesday’s Daily Record and Sun, Rodgers speaks highly of Ralston from his first spell in charge but Celtic 365 understands that the Scotland defender has missed the trip to Japan with concerns that he could be out of action for an extended period.
After losing Jota for £25million to Al-Ittihad, Brendan Rodgers is on the lookout for a new flair player who can produce both goals and assists and Ferreira is seen as an ideal candidate.
Reo Hatate had the biggest assist possible in the 1-1 draw away to Shakhtar Donetsk but that incident where he was almost credited with a goal summed up Celtic’s luck in the Champions League. Bad luck.
Brendan Rodgers is very much cut from the same cloth, wanting to give players the maximum opportunity to impress and make the best of the opportunities from a relatively short career although Nakamura has demonstrated that careers can be extended.
He played Edouard and Christie at Ibrox just days before they were sold to Crystal Palace and Bournemouth. After seven matches in charge of Celtic Postecoglou had picked up 10 points, the pressure was on.