‘It’s only January, things change quickly’

STAND-IN Celtic captain Callum McGregor last night refused to accept the Parkhead club’s hopes of completing 10-In-A-Row are over despite Rangers’ massive Premiership lead.

The quadruple treble winners, who are without 14 first team players as a result of Christopher Jullien’s positive Covid-19 test on Sunday, are 21 points behind their Glasgow rivals in the table.

However, McGregor is adamant the situation can change if the defending Scottish champions can win their three games in hand and the final two Old Firm matches of the season.

“You can’t stop believing,” he said. “We have the games in hand which could narrow the points difference so you can’t just look at the table and throw in the towel.

“It’s only January. The biggest thing is winning the games in hand and we have two massive games against them and we’ll see where the land lies after that.

“You’ve heard it a million times in football, things can change very quickly.”

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Peter Lawwell to be sacked in the wake of the controversial trip to Dubai last week for a warm weather training break. And many want to see Neil Lennon, who is among those self-isolating and is set to miss the Premiership match against on-form Livingston at Parkhead today, replaced as manager.

“The message is about sticking together as a club, as players, as supporters,” insisted McGregor. “It’s pretty obvious that if you have everyone working with each other and going in the same direction it will carry you a lot further.”