Scott Brown rolls eyes at the Celtic question he saw coming as he reveals why Callum McGregor WON'T repeat one regret

There's a comedic roll of Scott Brown’s eyes and a gentle shrug of the shoulders. This is hardly his first rodeo after all.

“I was waiting for that question, I knew it was coming!” Brown smiles when asked to address a subject very close to his own heart. Has the time now come for Callum McGrgeor - his close friend and successor as Celtic’s captain - to follow his lead by considering stepping down from the international scene? Brown felt obliged to make that very decision during his own time wearing the armband at Parkhead. And, even though his body left him with very little choice - in his heart and mind he instantly regretted it.

So much so, of course, that a couple of months after calling it quits he was tempted back into the fold for one last hurrah under Gordon Strachan - and the lure of a World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley. They may have lost that showdown under the arch but, with Brown back on board, Strachan’s Scotland came agonisingly close to making it all the way to Russia 2018, going a full calendar year without another defeat in the group before suffering a near miss at the death.

So, yes, Brown saw this question coming alright, pretty much from the moment McGregor’s Euro 2024 campaign came to a shattering end against Hungary in Stuttgart last month. Having turned 31 on the day the tournament began against Germany in Munich, McGregor has much to consider as he looks to make the most of his veteran years at club level.

But, unlike Brown who was battling against a string of injuries when he made the toughest call of his career, McGregor shows little if of slowing down. If any at all. Which is why Brown, who went on to win a total of 55 caps before stepping down for a second and final time, suspects