Callum McGregor admits he has been pushing himself to the limit in order to be fit and firing for Celtic's return to Premiership action.
Ange Postecolgou's side rounded-off a week in Portugal with a 4-3 defeat against French outfit Rennes with the Hoops stars getting vital minutes into their legs after the World Cup shutdown. Skipper McGregor was one of those to benefit after his injury lay-off with Aberdeen first up for the Scottish champions next weekend.
McGregor has admitted his delight to being back in full training after a long lay-off as he hailed the week in the Algarve as 'vital' in his preparations for the second part of the season. Celtic return with a nine point advantage over Rangers at the summit but they've now got Michael Beale in the dugout after the sacking of Giovanni van Bronckhorst. The Hoops also have a Viaplay Cup semi-final on the horizon and the start of their Scottish Cup bid next year.
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Speaking to the Celtic FC website, McGregor said: “To get back to full training, play today and get back in after a long period off with the injury, it was just good to be back on the pitch and in about the boys.
'It’s been vital (the camp), I’ve been trying to work as hard as I can and run as hard as I can and try and get as fit as possible for the games when we go back.'
“That was the point of the week to try and get as much physical work into the lads as possible, and that will be beneficial when we get back.
“You can’t replicate that, as soon as you go into a match scenario everything becomes a lot more competitive and as much as we try and keep the training levels as competitive as we can you just can’t replicate the games.
“It was good just to get back amongst bodies and get myself moving and get used to the spaces again.”
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