The Celtic captain recently announced his retirement from international duty for the second time in his career.
Scott Brown has been backed by his former Celtic manager Neil Lennon to play on at the highest level for another four years until the age of 36, after announcing his retirement from international football for the second time in his career.
Between the years of 2005 and 2017, Brown won 55 caps for Scotland, captaining his country on many occasions scoring four goals along the way.
Since his Scotland debut against the USA in 2005, Brown earned a move from Hibernian to Celtic where he has gone on to become a club legend and long serving captain to the Glasgow giants.
In his 11 years in Glasgow, the 32-year-old has won seven league titles among other trophies, three of which were under Lennon, who backs his former player to go on for another four years which could see Brown potentially captain the club to their 10th league title in a row.
Should the former Scotland star achieve this, there is no doubt that he will be one the greatest ever legends in the club’s long and illustrious history.
“I think he can play at this level and sustain the kind of form that he has shown this season until he is 35, 36. He is a fit lad, really strong and he looks after himself really well,” Lennon said, as reported by The Herald.
On Brown’s decision to retire from Scotland, Lennon went on to say, “what it will enable him to do is focus purely on Celtic and that is no bad thing from the club’s point of view.
“If you are in Brendan Rodgers’ shoes too then you are thinking when the international games come around that it is one player, a key player for you, that you don’t have to worry about losing to injury or need to give a rest to in subsequent games.”
There is no doubt that Scott Brown’s decision to stand down from Scotland duty is massively positive for his club side, especially given the skipper’s track record of injuries.
Only time will tell if Lennon’s prediction of four more years will come true, but there is no doubt that the Celtic legend is taking the correct precautions to ensure he has the greatest chance in doing so.
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