Celtic star identified as Scotland's 'conductor' as teammate names 6 players who can ruin home country's dream

Callum McGregor is Scotland's “conductor” according to a Celtic team-mate who believes Switzerland will be in trouble against them – if the Parkhead skipper is allowed to dictate the game.

Benjamin Siegrist will see his club team-mates jet off for Euro 2024, with McGregor one of the first names on Steve Clarke's team sheet for the opening match against Germany. Anthony Ralston and Greg Taylor are also determined to make the squad for the tournament, where hosts Switzerland and Hungary will prevent Scotland from making history.

Former Dundee United goalkeeper Siegrist may be an understudy for the Scottish champions, having failed to make a league appearance for Celtic and having not played at all since a Cup tie. the League in October 2022. But he has been in Scotland for six years and has a lot of respect for Steve Clarke's team… even if he expects his country to win.

Siegrist said: “Scotland are more than just a team that defend resolutely and play with a lot of physicality. They are not a team that wins every game 3-0 or 4-0, but Steve Clarke has developed a lot the team in recent years.

“The quality has also increased in the Scottish national team. There is real passion under Clarke. He has moved to a three or five defense, relies more on possession and controlled build-up and no longer just wants its players hit long balls. The team has many players from the English Premier League. It is certainly not only made up of players from Celtic and Rangers.

“The best known players are Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson and Manchester United's Scott McTominay, but they certainly have attacking options even after the loss of Lyndon Dykes. I played with Lawrence Shankland at Dundee United. At my In my eyes, he is a goal machine, even if he has not yet been able to prove it in the national team.

“Callum McGregor is a midfield conductor for both my club Celtic and Scotland in the number 6 role. John McGinn has made huge strides at Aston Villa and Billy Gilmour has already experience in the Premier League It will be a physical match and Switzerland will face a strong team The Scots will probably focus on defense, but they are good on the counterattack. Scotland also know that we have good players and. that we have tournament experience “The team has patience and is ready for a physical battle, we will beat Scotland.”

Meanwhile, the Scots will be directed to their Euro 2024 HQ upon arrival after the mayor of their German base revealed they plan to roll out the red carpet for Steve Clarke's men. Thousands of Tartan Army fans will begin the pilgrimage to Germany next week ahead of the tournament's opening match against the hosts a week later.

The Scottish team will fly to Germany on June 9 and will be based in the Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. And the city's mayor, Elisabeth Koch, revealed that she had done everything possible to welcome the Scots.

She said: “Our brass bands from Garmisch and Partenkirchen are rehearsing at the Bayernhalle. And in a few days there will be a Bavarian-Scottish celebration on Mohrenplatz in the city center to mark the welcome of the Scottish national team.

“In addition to alphorns, trumpets and tubas, there will be an instrument that has never been heard here before: the bagpipes. The Garmisch-Partenkirchen Tourist Office has hired a player for this event professional bagpiper from Nuremberg He is now on stage in a kilt, the other musicians in lederhosen and dirndls and together they rehearse the song Highland Cathedral for their arrival.

“It is an honor that the Scots are our guests here. I myself come from a family that ran a guest house and for my parents, guests in their house were everything. After the arrival of the Scottish team in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, there will be a big parade and white and blue flowers will have been planted everywhere, by chance in the colors of Bavaria and Scotland The idea here is clear: the kilt meets. lederhosen.