Glasgow Times

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be a top club too.” Brown was linked with Portsmouth and Newcastle during his time at Celtic, while Spurs were also heavily linked with the player during his early years.

However he has insisted that he has no regrets about opting to spent almost a decade at Celtic.

Brown celebrated his 400th game for the Parkhead side with the 1-0 win over St Johnstone on Wednesday night and believes that the trajectory of his career was well served by the years in the Hoops.

“I had a couple of opportunit­ies and stuff like that but for me when you’re enjoying something and doing so well and part of a club this big, captain of it as well, do I go down the road and maybe fight a relegation battle week in, week out or do I have 65 percent of the ball, winning games, playing in the Champions League against some of the top players in the world?

“Don’t get me wrong, they do that down south as well but it’s to a different quality than we are.

“Playing with the ball puts a smile on everyone’s face, defending for 90 minutes is hard and to be down in that relegation battle, I don’t think I’d enjoy that as much as everyone else.

“I think if I got the opportunit­y to go down the road and try it again I’d stay here and do the exact same as I have done because I don’t regret staying here and signing a five-year

 ??  ?? Captain Scott Brown is congratula­ted by Celtic sponsors Dafabet after making his 400th appearance for the club in midweek
Captain Scott Brown is congratula­ted by Celtic sponsors Dafabet after making his 400th appearance for the club in midweek

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