Callum McGregor, captain of Celtic, responded to Graeme Souness’s criticism of him for how he played for Scotland against Germany at Euro 2024. Souness used to run Rangers.
The football world was watching the first group game, which was Scotland’s first game at the event in Munich against the hosts.
There were a lot of hopes and expectations for the game, but Steve Clarke’s team lost badly, 5-1, which is the worst score ever for the first game in a UEFA run tournament.
The whole Scotland team did not play well, but former Rangers boss Graeme Souness was especially harsh on the Celtic captain.
McGregor “personally” agrees with Sounsess’s opinion.
In his review of the game afterward, Souness ripped into McGregor for his part in the loss, even though Scotland as a whole failed to stop the dominant German team.
Souness told ITV Football, “Gundogan again, great turn, he slips Havertz in, back to Musiala, wrong-foots the Celtic captain again, that’s two in one move.”
“He tries to nick it here, Callum McGregor, and he comes back in and tries to nick it again. Stay on the goal line and stop trying to score.”
As soon as McGregor talked about how he felt about the game, the reporters there asked him what he thought about the criticism. The Celtic captain promised to show Souness that he was wrong.
It was McGregor who told The Scottish Sun, “Yes, you do.” Someone making fun of you should make you feel bad, and you should try to show them they’re wrong. “Okay, then.”
One thing you can be sure of about Callum McGregor is that he will get over Souness’s criticism.
The Celtic leader is naturally good at winning, and he had to deal with a lot of the same criticism last season as the media focused on Rangers’ chances of winning the title.
McGregor showed his doubters wrong by doing what he said he would do on the field and winning both the league and the Scottish Cup.
In the next two games at the Euros, against Switzerland and Hungary, I’m sure the hoops star will do the same for Scotland to help them get a double.
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