To everyone inside Hampden it looked like Allan McGregor’s last hurrah for Rangers.A one-minute cameo off the bench in a Scottish Cup Final victory appeared to be the perfect send-off.
Even 300 miles away in Birmingham, Michael Beale was convinced it was the end for McGregor at Ibrox. So much so, he messaged the legendary keeper to congratulate him on a sterling career.The reply from the 41-year-old summed up his mentality.
And let his future gaffer, Beale, know there was still life in McGregor yet. Instead of hanging up his boots after the cup win over Hearts, he agreed a new 12-month contract at the club and is now Beale’s undisputed number one.At the end of this term, the manager wants to sign a new goalie.
But that won’t change his opinion on McGregor. Sure, he’s given understudy Jon McLaughlin some game time since taking over from Gio van Bronckhorst.
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