Charlie Mulgrew thanks Celtic fans for support after his father’s death

The Celtic defender has thanked fans for their support after his father recently died. The former Aberdeen player was given a leave of absence by the club last month to enable him to grieve, and the fans showed their appreciation of the player by creating a song and continuing to sing it whilst the Scotsman was away.

"The support over the last couple of weeks has been great,"

"I have been very honoured also to have that song and very humbled by the way they have treated me and my family.

"It has been great but I didn't expect anything else from the Celtic fans", he told reporters.

Since returning to the side, his attention has now turned towards Celtic’s do or die clash with Udinese in the Europa League on Thursday night. Celtic need a win to progress to the knockout stages, and Mulgrew admits Celtic have to be very alert at the start of the match in order to avoid losing an early goal and facing an uphill battle.

"I don't think the management and coaches need to tell us how important it is not to lose an early goal," he said.

"It is massive. If we can keep thing right early we will build on it."