CALLUM MCGREGOR BREAKS SILENCE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 😳 INSIDERS CLAIM HE SAID SOMETHING THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE TEAM — FANS WON’T BELIEVE HIS REAL MESSAGE AFTER THE EUROPEAN SHOCKER.

AFTER THE GAME, MCGREGOR SAID THAT THE TEAM WAS STILL YOUNG AND THAT THE ONLY WAY THEY WOULD IMPROVE WAS BY EXPERIENCING MORE NIGHTS LIKE THIS.
HE TOLD TNT SPORTS: “WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE. IT’S A YOUNG SQUAD WITH NEW PLAYERS, AND THE ONLY WAY YOU GET EXPERIENCE IS BY DOING IT ON THE PITCH, COMING THROUGH IT, AND MAKING YOURSELF STRONGER AND MORE EXPERIENCED.”
BUT HOW YOUNG IS THIS TEAM REALLY?
WHILE MCGREGOR MAY BELIEVE THE SQUAD IS STILL GROWING TOGETHER, THE NUMBERS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM SEPTEMBER, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE SIDE WAS 26.3 YEARS — A FIGURE THAT HAS LIKELY RISEN SINCE THEN.
AGAINST MIDTJYLLAND, ONLY FOUR OF THE STARTING ELEVEN — ARNE ENGELS, BENJAMIN NYGREN, SEBASTIAN TOUNEKTI, AND JOHNNY KENNY — WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 26. MOST OF THE OTHERS HAVE ALREADY PLAYED PLENTY OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL IN THE PAST.
FOR NEWCOMERS LIKE CALLUM OSMAND AND COLBY DONOVAN, HOWEVER, THIS EUROPA LEAGUE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN A COMPLETELY NEW EXPERIENCE — A CHANCE TO LEARN, BUT ALSO A BIG TEST.
STILL, GIVEN THE TALENT AND DEPTH WITHIN THE SIDE, MANY EXPECT THAT THEY SHOULD BE COMPETING AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL AND PUTTING UP A STRONGER FIGHT IN THE LEAGUE PHASE.