{"id":179137,"date":"2025-12-07T10:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/179137\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T10:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T10:32:07","slug":"wilfried-nancy-compares-callum-mcgregor-to-his-former-captain-who-saw-move-to-celtic-break-down-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/179137\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilfried Nancy compares Callum McGregor to his former captain who saw move to Celtic break down in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Callum McGregor will be a huge part of Wilfried Nancy\u2019s plans going forward, and has even been compared to a former Celtic target.<\/p>\n<p>Like all managers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/wilfried-nancy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy<\/a> will call upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/callum-mcgregor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McGregor<\/a> to be his voice on the pitch and guide his players to success.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old has been the heartbeat of everything good the Hoops have done over the years, and that won\u2019t be changing.<\/p>\n<p>His new boss can see a lot of similarities to one of his former captains, who actually came close to joining the Bhoys in 2017.<\/p>\n<p> Which player is most likely to thrive under Wilfried Nancy? <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>   Wilfried Nancy says Callum McGregor is like Darlington Nagbe<\/p>\n<p>Darlington Nagbe was an influential member of Columbus Crew\u2019s squad while Nancy was in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Nagbe was also on Celtic\u2019s radar and was on the verge of signing for the Hoops in 2017 before a \u00a33m move broke down.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy is looking forward to working with McGregor, and the 48-year-old wants his new skipper to be the same.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2244606511.jpg\" alt=\"Callum McGregor looks on before Celtic vs Rangers in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final\" class=\"wp-image-333010\" \/>Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/role-unbelievable-celtic-star-play-36360219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Daily Record<\/a>: \u201cIn terms of ownership, this is so important. I have to empower my players. And the fact that Callum is already like that, is the same story as Darlington Nagbe. The captain that I had in Columbus, 32 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew Callum before. When he played for Ange, when he played for Brendan. And I watched many games. So I know him already. I didn\u2019t know the person. And as a person, he\u2019s outstanding. He\u2019s a really good player. He\u2019s really, really good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d\u00a0I also have a massive respect with players who have a part of belonging. And Callum, to stay in the club for many years like this, this is unbelievable. Because he can inspire people. When he\u2019s going to stop, I don\u2019t know when, he created a legacy. And he created memories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have Callum, but also we have other players who are able to do that. And this is really, really important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Celtic content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Callum McGregor will be a huge part of Wilfried Nancy\u2019s plans going forward, and has even been compared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[16606,61,60,112,81193],"class_list":{"0":"post-179137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-callum-mcgregor","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-wilfried-nancy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}