Callum McGregor hopes that Celtic can break the stalemate in the contractsaga of Greg Taylor and hold a player that he claims is one of the best in Europe in his reverse full-back role.
Brendan Rodgers recently expressed the hope that Taylor could sign a new deal, despite the fact that he had previously admitted that it seemed as if the 27-year-old would continue in the summer when his contract ended.
The signing of Kieran Tierney for a pre-contract deal in January seemed to have spelled the end of the six-year association of Taylor in Celtic Park, but skipper McGregor feels that both Scotland internationals would be an important asset to the team.
Asked for his current teammate, McGregor said: 'I know how important he is, I know what he is bringing to the team. There are very, very few players in Europe that I have seen that position better than he and it also gives the team a different dynamic.
'So to have that in your team and that level of player, and he gives everything for the club every day, he also bears responsibility, so I would like nothing more than to do something to do something and try to hold him.
'He has been a large part of the success, especially since we started playing with that kind of reverse full-back.
“I don't think there is someone in Europe who is doing better right now, so he is a top player and I would like to see something that was done to keep him in the club.”
Tierney has discovered that Arsenal is hard to find since Mikel Arteta has used the reverse full-back role and has recently been used as a broad midfielder for the bank.
McGregor feels that the overlapping skills of Tierney have and the ability of Taylor to go inside and become a member of midfield would give Celtic real flexibility.
“Totally different types of players, different profiles, both real top players,” he said midfielder. 'I have worked with them for so long. It is clear that I know Kieran even longer than I have known Greg, so I know exactly what he can do.
'And then to be adjustable, to perhaps play a week to give you a different option, then play outside the next week, and even within the games that heels and also change, teams can give a very difficult problem to deal with.
“So if we could get those two, he would have a really strong left back position.”
A point against Dundee United in Tannadice Tomorrow will seal a fourth consecutive Premiership title for Celtic and leave only Aberdeen in the final of the Scottish Cup while offering a sixth Treble in nine seasons.
Four The defeats in 2025 questioned the relative strength of this current Celtic side, but McGregor insists that their performance should not be underestimated.
“I think (the success of the team) made everyone insensitive to how difficult it is,” he said. 'It is just a bit expected, it will be the norm. But then the players must live with that because it is the standards they have set.
'The level of the player, the team level that we have been able to build here for the past 10 years, has been a really successful team.
'So every year the expectation is there. It grows and grows and you have to stay with it as a player. It is a kind of double -edged sword for us because we are those who have set that expectation. '