CALLUM MCGREGOR has spoken of his pride at landing his maiden trophy as Celtic captain, and has vowed that their League Cup victory is just the start for Ange Postecoglou’s team.

A glorious double from Kyogo was enough for McGregor to pick up his first silverware as skipper and for Postecoglou to land his first trophy as Celtic manager, after Paul Hanlon had opened the scoring at Hampden to set the final alight.

McGregor was understandably delighted for his team to get that first honour of the Postecoglou reign under their belt, but he is convinced that they have much more to come in the future.

“It’s obviously an amazing feeling and something I’m super proud of,” McGregor said.

“I tried to play it down before the game but the reality is it’s the first one. To get there at the first time of asking as well, I think that helps, it shows people what you’re made of also.

“This group of players, we were put together in the summer and probably not many people gave us a chance – but we’ve went and won the trophy at the first time of asking.

“I spoke before the game, but that should give us massive belief now to go on and keep on showing we’re on the right track.

“If we keep working hard, keep staying humble, we keep doing what the manager wants us to do, then there’s a real platform for success for this team.

“To get the first one, it comes early in the season, so if you can put yourself in a position to get it in the bag then it gives you the confidence – it should give the confidence – to go on and progress.

“But it’s still fairly early on in our development as a group, as a team. So we should take big confidence that we can come and perform on a big day and handle the pressure.

“Here’s hoping it can provide a real springboard for us.”

Amid the joy of landing the trophy, there also came a massive sense of relief for McGregor to get that first trophy since taking over from Scott Brown as captain.

“I spoke about it in the summer with my family,” he said. “It’s a great honour being captain. But then you have huge responsibility as well.

“The responsibility comes around with games like this; semi-finals, finals, big games. You have to win. You’re responsible.

“I’m just super happy and super proud to get the first trophy in the bag.”

McGregor believes that Celtic are ahead of schedule given the base that manager Postecoglou was starting from, and he gives his manager massive credit for turning things around so quickly.

He revealed too that the players are using the fact they were dismissed by some critics at the start of the season as fuel to fire them to more success.

“I said it to the boys in there, nobody gave us a chance at the start of the season,” he said.

“And for us to get to where we were – even getting into the final – was a great moment.

“But, as I’ve touched upon, Celtic players have to win things and that’s we’ve done.

“We managed to get it over the line and we managed to do it with a bit of style in the end, two great goals and the way we want to play.

“There were so many new guys coming into the club [in the summer], different cultures, different age groups as well.

“Obviously the manager coming in from the other end of the world too. He had to adapt. But I spoke about this pre-season, you don’t get time to adapt at Celtic. You have to win at Celtic.

“That’s been one of the main things in this group, we’ve brought in winners. You can see it, you can see it in their eyes, you can see it in the way they train every day. You see it in the way the manager speaks as well.

“So, it was a case of us going on and proving it. From the start of the season until now it’s been a brilliant journey – but hopefully it’s just the start for this group.

“For [the manager] to come in and win a trophy at the first time of asking is absolutely outstanding.

“I’m absolutely delighted for him too.”