Hibs' Darren McGregor reveals astonishing injury comeback as he speaks on 'emotional' captaincy and playing for another club

Lewis Stevenson is one, Paul Hanlon is another. But Darren McGregor may have something to say, too.

Fans need only listen to the born-and-bred Leither talk about the club and his circuitous route to the top to realise what it all means to him.

Captaining his boyhood heroes on Sunday in the final game of a disappointing season left the battle-hardened centre-back close to tears.

“I was emotional even thinking about it on Saturday night. David Gray said he was going to give me the captaincy, which I’ll be forever grateful for,” McGregor reveals.

“He didn’t have to do that but he said it wasn’t out of sentiment and that I deserved it."

What McGregor reveals next makes it all the more impressive that he was able to play at all.

“A lot of people didn’t know this as it was glossed over, but I snapped one of the main ligaments in my ankle in the Motherwell game [Scottish Cup quarter-final in mid-March].

‘I came on for a few minutes and Kaiyne Woolery’s shot snapped it. It should have been a ten to twelve-week rehab but I got back in six, just with this mindset of potentially getting one more game, as you never know what’s round the corner.

“Leading the kids out with the armband, I was almost on the verge of tears. I had to control myself as it was so overwhelming. It’s just been a privilege to play with this club. If it was my last game, I will treasure it along with a couple of other things that I managed to achieve here.”

McGregor still has 12 months remaining on his current deal but is unsure if he will see out his contract as a player. Just don’t ask him to play for anyone else.

"Listen, you could never rule anything out and I’m not going to sit here and rubber-stamp anything. But it would be very difficult.

"I said when I