McGlip was born in Glasgow but moved to Australia at the age of 11. He signed for Victory as a youngster in 2014, making his A-League debut for the club in 2017 and playing in the Asian Champions League last year.

“My dad’s Scottish, my mum’s Welsh and I grew up in England as well,” he said.

“I lived in Reading and was with their academy when I was younger. We moved over to Australia when I was 11 for dad’s work. I signed for Victory youth and was in that set-up for two years and then I started training with the first-team.

“I made my debut and then signed a one-year contract. At the time it was really good and I was looking forward to trying to break into the first-team, and I was doing quite well, then I got tonsillitis and I missed two thirds of the season with that.

“I had to get my tonsils out, so that was frustrating. I felt like I was good enough to be playing but I never really got back to full match fitness that season.

“As I hadn’t made the impression I wanted to that season Victory let me go, but that’s where I got my first chance of first-team football, was my boyhood club and where I’d been since I was 15.

“It was a dream to play for them so the fact I was able to do it is something I’m really happy about.”

McGlip, who can play in central midfield and in central defence, was released by Victory at the end of the 2017/2018 A-League season.

He admits it was difficult to take, but he has been fortunate to find a new club in England.

“It was tough to leave,” McGlip conceded.

“I’d been there since I was 15. I was captain of the youth team for the best part of the year. It was hard to move on.

"The fact there’s only 10 professional clubs in the A-League, good players that aren’t as fortunate as me and don’t have dual citizenship, so that made it a lot easier for me.

“I’ve seen a lot of good players I came up with not get a chance in the A-League and have to drop down to the NPL. That isn’t a bad standard but it's not professional. And once you drop down it’s very hard to get back up to the A-League.

"After that [being released] I was speaking to a few A-League clubs but there was the opportunity to come and trial at Birmingham. I did and they offered me a deal for a year. I was really keen to get over and I’ve done really well.

"I’m surprised how well I’ve done actually because when you’re in Australia everyone talks about how hard it is to make it overseas. The football is a lot quicker and a lot more physical than in Australia.

"But the fact I’ve been in and around the first-team environment at Victory has helped."