Callum McGregor brands Celtic Sydney Super Cup prospect 'exciting' but eyes another destination

The phrase ‘have boots, will travel,’ could have been coined for Callum McGregor.

For years now the Celtic skipper has been dubbed the Battery Bhoy who keeps Hoops ticking through his incredible energy levels and desire to play football.

The midfielder’s remarkable ‘numbers’, as they like to say in football speak, hit such a peak not so long ago that there wasn’t a single player in all of Europe’s top leagues who could match his minutes on the park.

Those numbers just keep piling up for the 28-year-old who remains the heartbeat for club and country as both head into an electrifying few months.

Even if it takes a bespoke mask to protect a fractured cheekbone, there’s seems to be nothing that can quell McGregor’s hunger to play the beautiful game.

Be it St Mirren or Sydney, Kilmarnock or Qatar, then McGregor will want to be there. The kitbag will be packed, the passport will be looked out and the only doubt will be which departure gate he’ll be using.

That’s the scenario which will face McGregor come November when the Premiership goes into hibernation for a month and the Hoops head Down Under.

Only, for once, McGregor would rather not be there leading the Hoops from the front.

Not that Captain marvel wants a rest or has anything against the trip to compete in the Sydney Super Cup along with Rangers, Sydney FC and Wester Sydney Wanderers - controversial as it may be.

No, while sections of the Hoops support have vented their fury at the plans to compete in the competition and thus take the Old Firm derby to the other side of the planet, McGregor is fully on board with the “exciting” idea.

It’s just that he hopes that come November time he is half the world away - 7500 miles to be precise - from Sydney in another red