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Scotland's Callum McGregor says his strength of "will" was crucial to his recovery from injury as he helped Celtic win the double and made it to Euro 2024.

The midfielder missed Scotland's friendly defeats in the Netherlands and at home to Northern Ireland in March because of an Achilles injury.

He also missed club action throughout the month but returned in April to spearhead Celtic's league and cup success.

"The injury one was bad timing, difficult injury to manage as well," the 30-year-old Celtic captain told BBC Sport.

"When we got the scan, it was bad news, it was pretty much season over, but with determination and everything there was still to play for and obviously having an eye on [Euro 2024] as well, sometimes the mind can do crazy things for you."

"I'm willing to put myself through anything for the team to get success and that's just the way that I am. I'm so glad that it turned out the way it did. In football, fortune favours the brave as well a little bit."

On Euro 2024, McGregor added: "I was desperate to be part of it. We want to not only get to tournaments but we want to take part and feel like we belong here.

"It's something that we need to enjoy and embrace and I'm sure we will. Hopefully, we are better off [than Euro 2020] and hopefully that'll show in the games as well."

Scotland and Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor sat down with our colleagues yesterday to discuss his season, Euro 2024 and his quicker-than-expected return from injury.

Let's have a look...

Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer on Football Daily podcast

Scotland are a happy camp. They are depleted in numbers with a very turbulent build-up to this, losing to Aaron Hickey, Nathan Patterson, Lewis Ferguson and Lyndon Dykes.

Everyone is on edge now. If they see a guy limping for half a second everyone is hyperventilating.

But it is a good camp and Steve Clarke has done a great job and we are not far off now from a big push.

Can we just take a minute to appreciate this view? Imagine this was your office.

Not jealous at all, honestly.

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Good vibes at Scotland training this morning. Just look at them.

Andy Robertson and Lawrence Shankland are in there somewhere.

All's well, folks.

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The reason there was a bit of worry around Andy Robertson yesterday was because he was withdrawn from training on Monday.

Pictures showed the captain getting a little bit of treatment before he walked off gingerly.

Striker Lawrence Shankland also exited the session early.

Scotland assistance coach said there was nothing to worry about yesterday.

"It's just a precaution really," said Carver of left-back Robertson. "The ball just caught his ankle and he will train [on Tuesday].

"He'll be fine. At this stage we are being extra cautious. He's okay and looking forward to tomorrow.

On striker Shankland, Carver added: "He had a little bit of a niggle from the other night, we're just protecting him as well. He's fine, everybody's good."

Let's start with some lovely news this morning.

We're hearing from our colleagues in Germany that Andy Robertson is currently involved in Scotland team training. Phew.

Lawrence Shankland is also involved, as are Kenny McLean and Stuart Armstrong.

We're told the only player missing is Ryan Jack.

Another day closer.

Welcome to our second 'Scotland at Euro 2024' build-up live text as we edge closer to the big one on Friday.

Again, we're expecting to hear from the camp in the afternoon. Until then, let's continue building the hype.