Brown will discuss his future with new boss

said Brown .“We need to make sure we’ve got the right time and the manager knows who he is going to play so that we’re not just going right in, and we have momentum going into the first game.”

Strachan, pictured, was informed his contract was not being renewed on 12 October, four days after his side were held 2-2 by Slovenia in Ljubljana in what was a must- win game f or the Scots.

Brown missed that game through injury and also sat out the 1- 0 friendly defeat to the Netherlands under Mac kay 12 days ago. The midfielder’ sown future is a matter for debate after he was persuaded to come out of a brief international retirement by Strachan.

Brown sounds keen t o continue but is frustrated by how long it is taking to appoint someone he can talk to about his international future .“That’s just silly to wait ,” he said .“I think it’s common sense to get the man in as soon as possible. I’m looking for ward to see - ing who it is that comes in and having a good chat.

“I’ll just go from there, so whether he is wanting a young team or whether he is wanting a couple of old veterans, you never know. I’ll just see what the manager wants to do and take it from there. I’ve got until March to see, and he might not want me in the team. I don’t want to say that I am available and then he patches me. The two of us will sit down and decide what is the best for the country.”

Brown had the SFA in his sights yesterday, also blaming them for Celtic’ s challenging run of fixtures, kicking off against Paris Saint Germain tomorrow night, within the space of seven days.

“Playing PS Ga way from home then straight into a [ Betfred] cup final and then we play Wednesday, after a cup final, against Motherwell again – well done to the SFA for that!” he said.

The midfielder was speaking while back in his Fife homeland to open a new 3G floodlit pitch in Cardenden in honour of former Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson, who died following an accidental collision in a game against Rangers in 1931.