SCOTT BROWN knows that his contract is up at the end of the season – one of the papers was busy reminding us yesterday about the seven Celtic players – including Brown – who could leave for free in the summer.
Broony’s hardly worried about that though, in fact he’s already spoken to the club about a new deal and also plans to keep him at Celtic when the time comes to hang up his boots.
“Myself, the gaffer and Peter Lawwell have been chatting and it seems to have gone well. I am just concentrating on playing right now,” Broony is quoted as saying in today’s press.
“I’ll go and do my coaching badges in the summer, but I’ll see how long my legs last before I think about moving upstairs.
“It’s a great honour to have been playing at Celtic for so long and for them to be helping me out with a coaching role, whether it’s Under-16s or whatever.
“It’s an exceptional place to get a start. I’ve learned a lot under the manager here and the previous managers.
“I’m still playing so I’ve not thought about managing Celtic one day! You never know. The gaffer has set a great standard here and I still have a lot to learn.
“I’m learning every day, from his sessions, the way he deals with situations, the media, public, everything. It’s all first class.
“That’s why he has the reputation of being a top manager.”
Brown knows that Celtic want him to stay and that a two years contract extension is imminent. It hasn’t stopped the headlines though and it probably never will.
Broony though is certainly giving the managerial role quite a bit of thought as he moves towards the sunset years of a quite glorious playing career starting at Hibs but mostly at Celtic.
“There’s a new way of working,’ he noted. “It’s not laidback but it’s about sitting down and thinking about how you are working.
“You are still looking to outsmart other managers, tactically. And it’s about game-awareness more than shouting and throwing pots of tea at people.
“Am I more Lenny than Brendan? I don’t know. Lenny didn’t throw pots of tea either.
“He worked with Martin O’Neill and Gordon, two top bosses. I don’t know about Martin but Gordon had a bit of both.
“He was great on the training field but he could snap as well.
“Whether it’s now or 10 years ago, to be a good manager you need a bit of both. You take a bit from every manager you work with when you go down that road.
“I’m watching games differently and I’ve started taking notes. Although there are lots of spelling mistakes!”
And when asked how as a manager he’d deal with Scott Brown, the player, Broony said:
“How would I deal with Brown the player? I’d give him a new six-year deal! That would be the first thing I would do.”
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