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Alan Galindo

Hibs new boy David Marshall reveals Rangers veteran Allan McGregor messaged him after Scotland call

David Marshall has revealed Rangers veteran Allan McGregor sent him a text message following his decision to bring an end to his Scotland career.

The former Celtic goalkeeper has joined Lee Johnson's Hibs this summer as part of the Easter Road rebuild and has decided to concentrate on club matters after informing Steve Clarke of his decision to retire from the national team.

The 37-year-old leaves the national pool with fond memories of his own and delivering one of the finest moments the Tartan Army have experienced in a long, long time after he denied Serbia's Aleksandar Mitrović from 12-yards in the play-off final shootout to earn the Dark Blues a spot at the Euro 2020 finals - and bring an end to many years of major tournament football hurt. Revealing what McGregor, 40, said to him after hanging up his gloves for Scotland, he told the Scottish Sun : “Greegsy doesn’t give you much but he texted when I retired from Scotland.

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