Former Kilmarnock defender Alex Bruce reckons Callum McGregor would have a 50/50 chance of succeeding in the English Premier League.

Bruce, whose dad Steve manages Newcastle United, played for Birmingham and Hull City in English football's top flight before winding his career down in Scotland. And he played against Celtic's McGregor on a number of occasions.

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While he rates the Hoops man highly, though, Bruce says it would a "coin toss" whether or not CalMac would be a hit down south. "I don’t know," Bruce told Football Insider on McGregor's potential in England. "I think it’s one of them where you look at it and think, ‘the physicality, would I go and pay top money for him’?

"I’m not sure, I’m a little bit like that to be honest.

"However, he has got the ability from what he produces up in Scotland on a consistent basis, he does catch your eye.

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"Whether he would come and take the Premier League by storm who knows, it’s one of them, a toss of the coin. I would like to think he would but whether he would, who knows?"

McGregor, who recently signed a five-year deal at Parkhead, has been on the radar of Premier League sides such as Leicester City in recent months.

Bruce, 35, recently revealed he had told his father about McGregor's Celtic teammate Odsonne Edouard.