Scott Brown gave Celtic exit NO consideration as he reveals 2 reasons for Parkhead endgame

Scott Brown admits it was NOT a huge consideration to leave Celtic due to TWO key factors that he knew deep down meant his time was up.

The legendary Hoops skipper enjoyed a trophy-laden career in Glasgow's east end but knew at 36, his time was up as he called time on his glittering spell to take on a new path at Aberdeen. The was a player-coach role after Stephen Glass added him to his background team, while look to his experience on the park. However, it didn't all go to plan with the Ayr United boss confessing his brain would tell him one thing, but his body couldn't keep up as he detailed his move to playing sweeper.

Asked about leaving Celtic and how it all came about, he told the Scottish Football podcast: "There was no consideration for me, I was going. I was getting too old and fragile. If I wanted I could have probably have stayed and held on to me being a 36-year-old and trying to be 'watch me I can still do this at the highest level' but I didn't want to disrespect the fans and say I am still captain of this club, will turn up, run about and watch me I can still do it when I knew deep down I couldn't.

"I went up to Aberdeen to go in and understand what I wanted. Glassy offered me the chance to go up there as part of his coaching staff. It was a great learning experience. We worked really well together and I was in there dressing room jumping between there and the players.

"The only problem was me probably. I just couldn't get about compared to what my brain wanted me to do. At the same time I was 36, I was still fit running in straight lines but my hip started to slowly cause me problems. I ended up playing sweeper for them.

"Sweeper worked quite well as I am quite calm on the ball, didn't have to run as much