{"id":172683,"date":"2025-06-10T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/172683\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:20:14","slug":"scott-brown-tells-steve-clarke-there-is-a-player-at-celtic-scotland-are-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/172683\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Brown tells Steve Clarke there is a player at Celtic ‘Scotland are looking for’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

International football isn\u2019t for every Celtic fan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For many, however, watching their Celtic<\/a> heroes pit their wits against the best players in world football provides a different perspective on the Celtic first-team squad.<\/p>\n

Steve Clarke\u2019s<\/a> team have been struggling on the international stage of late. Prior to Scotland\u2019s 4-0 win over Liechtenstein last night, the national side had won just one of their last 13 fixtures.<\/p>\n

And to combat that, Celtic hero Scott Brown has told the Scotland boss that there is a player at Parkhead right now that could change their fortunes.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesScott Brown tells Scotland they need Celtic captain Callum McGregor \u2018back\u2019<\/p>\n

Callum McGregor<\/a> retired from international football over a year ago and it has been to the benefit of Brendan Rodgers.<\/p>\n

The Celtic captain had flourished last season without the rigours of Scotland duty<\/a> but Brown reckons his country really need McGregor now.<\/p>\n

Brown told the BBC<\/a>, \u201cThe pairing of Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay is one that\u2019s got to flourish. You know what you\u2019re getting with John McGinn. <\/p>\n

\u201cClarke likes Kenny McLean because of his experience. Ryan Christie is favoured as a 10, too, so there are plenty of legs in there.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the perfect scenario is to get Callum McGregor back. He is the one that ticks all the boxes. He can sit, he can go forward. I know he is retired but that is what Scotland are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Callum McGregor\u2019s impressive Scotland record as Celtic fans will reject return<\/p>\n

There will barely be a single Celtic supporter who would welcome McGregor reversing his Scotland retirement.<\/p>\n

McGregor is benefiting from longer rest periods and since he hung up his Scotland boots, his goalscoring return at Celtic has increased.<\/p>\n

However, that doesn\u2019t take away from the fact that the Celtic captain still had an impressive Scotland career:<\/p>\n