Celtic star Callum McGregor rolled out the red carpet for Ange Postecoglou as the new manager was announced on Thursday.
With Scott Brown now out of the picture after being unveiled as an Aberdeen player on Wednesday there's a strong sense McGregor could be lined up as his replacement for the Hoops armband.
And the midfield mainstay hinted he and experienced winger James Forrest are ready to step up to the plate to help Postecoglou ease into the role as McGregor welcomed him to Parkhead from the Scotland Euro 2020 camp.
He's excited to see what the new man has to offer in terms of ideas and fresh approaches.
McGregor told the club's website: "In football there are so many approaches and styles of football, and when you meet a new manager, you’re always open to learning new things and what he sees the game looking like.
"He’s there to help you and you’re there to learn from him as well, so that’s the exciting part of meeting new people in football.
"He’s coming from a different continent and it maybe falls on the likes of me and James (Forrest) who’ve been at the club for a long time to try and help, and know what’s around the corner in terms of games, and we’re obviously happy to do that and work together.
"But he’s a smart guy, he’s had a really successful career as a manager so he’s going to have huge amounts of knowledge anyway."
After a bruising 2020-21 campaign that saw Celtic lose their grip on the Scottish Premiership and finish the season trophyless, McGregor reckons the arrival will provide his team-mates with a "clean slate".
"It’s a fresh start and exciting times for the club to begin a new chapter as well," he added.
"A new manager coming in will always have his own ideas on the way he wants to play football, and the way that he sees football – how people act around the building, what he wants his team to look like – so it’s a clean slate for everybody, and we just need to come back and try to impress as much as we can in training and in the games when we get the chance as well.
"At the end of every season you go away and reflect on how it’s gone and how you’ve done, and how you can do better. Then you come back for the new season with new goals and that’s the same this year again as well.
"With the new season coming around, everybody wants it to be successful but we know that the hard work starts as soon as we get back into pre-season. That element is absolutely vital and very important to having a good start in the season."
