Brendan Rodgers refers to him as Celtic’s glue. The man who binds an entire club together not just in the huddle or on the pitch but behind the scenes as well.
In fact, if the Northern Irishman was still in charge at Parkhead it’s entirely unimaginable that Scott Brown would be about to walk his team out of the tunnel for the very last time on Wednesday night for a final home league game against St Johnstone.
Yes, they’ll lay out all manner of messages and banners wishing their great No.8 all the best and it will be straight from the heart.
But it’s not a tribute match they should be giving him. It shouldn’t even be a send off. Rodgers simply would not have allowed it to happen.
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