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Josh McCafferty

Celtic to hold 'special presentation' before Dundee match

Celtic will hold a special presentation on the pitch before their game against Dundee this evening for captain Callum McGregor.

The midfielder made his 500th appearance in green and white in his side's 3-1 win over Motherwell on Sunday afternoon and will be honoured for such an achievement tonight at Parkhead.

Indeed, pre-match, at 7.30pm to be precise, manager Brendan Rodgers will join McGregor on the pitch for what is said to be a 'special presentation', according to the club.

McGregor has undoubtedly established himself as a Celtic legend after making his first team debut all the way back in 2014 against KR Reykjavík.


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He has kept his place in the team whether it be under Ronny Deila, Rodgers, Neil Lennon, or Ange Postecoglou.

The 31-year-old has won 23 major honours with Celtic, including five trebles, and is now part of an exclusive club of only 14 players who have played 500 games or more for the Parkhead side.

Speaking about McGregor's landmark achievement last week, boss Rodgers said: "It says so many things, not just as a player but he clearly had the talent as a young player to be at Celtic but it tells you absolutely everything about his professionalism, his commitment, his quality and his example that he sets every single day of his life.

"Seeing him now to when I first came and just seeing that growth, it's a remarkable achievement in the position he plays with the possibility of so many good players to be in here to play that number of games.

"I'm so proud of seeing how his career's moved from when he first broke into the team in 2016 when I came in just seeing how it was back then to how he leads the team. We are so, so lucky to have him as a captain here and he's still got numbers of years left."

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