CAR CHAT WITH BOSS HAS SKIPPER THINKING AHEAD

CALLUM McGREGOR still has plenty in the tank at Celtic but the car journey from the airport in Milan to the Hoops’ camp at Lake Como has got the skipper thinking about the road ahead.

- By Michael Gannon

It might have been turning 32-year-old in June, or simply the chance to pick the brains of his boss Brendan Rodgers for the hour-long trip, but the playmaker arrived with the future on his mind.

Let’s get one thing straight. McGregor is going nowhere any time soon.

He missed just three games last season and showed no signs of his high standards slipping.

The midfielder has also returned to preseason looking in peak condition, running the show in the 4-0 win against Newcastle at the weekend.

Yet McGregor knows at some point he’ll reach a fork in the road and chatting with Rodgers certainly provided some pointers for the route ahead.

He said: “We just got chatting in the car about different things.

“We talk about football all the time anyway.

“He was asking what I fancy doing after I finish playing, not that he was trying to retire me or anything! That’s still a few years down the line.

“But I’ve always been involved in football, it’s pretty much all I know. And I want to continue to be involved, whether that be coaching or managing.

“You don’t quite know what’s in store for you. I certainly want to stay in football.