Callum McGregor eyes Champions League 'shockwave' as Scott Brown told he is Premiership boss class - Celtic news bulletin

Callum McGregor is looking to send shockwaves across Europe when Celtic head for Dortmund.

The Hoops skipper wants to see the Scottish champions' name in lights as they bid to pick up a famous Champions League victory in front of the Yellow Wall. Brendan Rodgers and his troops are heading for Germany on matchday two of the newly revamped league phase as they bid to back up their 5-1 win over Slovan Bratislava with a famous result on the road. The Parkhead outfit head out in the perfect place having maintained their perfect league start with a thumping 6-0 win over St Johnstone.

McGregor said: “That’s what the Champions League is about, trying to send shockwaves through the competition. Of course we know it’s going to be hugely difficult, they’ve got some real top, top players. There’s real speed at the top end as well, so we have to be careful in transition. But we want to go and test ourselves against these guys and with confidence to see what we can do. Off the back of our game, we go there with confidence. We want to play the right way, attack the game and see where we end up.

"We have to attack the games with belief in the way that we want to play the game. There’s been a real good building block for about 12 months now. There’s a real good profile [to the squad] and the team are looking in good shape. Confidence is high so we have to try to be ourselves and go and take the game to Dortmund. We’ll go and try to get a positive result.”

Meanwhile, legendary Celtic skipper Scott Brown - now in charge at Ayr United - has been told he is Scottish Premiership class and he CAN achieve that dream at Somerset Park. He was one of the names in the running for the vacant St Johnstone job but pulled out the race and put pen to