Scott Brown begged to extend Celtic stay as Stephen Welsh makes 'fittest player at the club' revelation

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Scott Brown to stay Celtic’s squad leader beyond this term.The Parkhead captain is in the twilight of his career and has revealed he’ll make a decision at the end of the season on whether to carry on playing or move into a coaching role.

Brown will be 36 when next term kicks off and Welsh admits his skipper has earned the right to make his own call.But the 21-year-old is still desperate for him to keep going into 2021/22 and maintain his place as the head figure of the top-team dressing room.He said: “Broony is massive for us.

Massive. He’s our leader and we would miss him a lot if he wasn’t there next season.“We need to take every day as it comes and I don’t know what he’s going to do.