Celtic captain Scott Brown wants more glory after sweet 16th trophy

SCOTT BROWN is now a history-making Celtic captain.

And the 32-year-old believes he still has a chance to become a record-breaking player when it comes to lifting trophies.

But he says James Forrest will definitely do it.

Brown got his hands on a 16th major piece of silverware as the Hoops clinched the
first double treble at Hampden yesterday.

Another six honours would see him draw level with Parkhead legend Billy McNeill on 22 domestic winner’s medals.

McNeill’s team-mate Bobby Lennox has 24 in his trophy cabinet.

Brown said: “I signed for Celtic 11 years ago to win trophies and I’m still doing it 11 years later.

“I’ve picked up my 16th trophy and I’ve done it as captain with a great bunch of lads who would anything for anyone.

“People talk about me but look at James Forrest. He’s won a lot of trophies and he’s got a lot more years ahead of him that I have.

“He’ll go on and break records and he can go past that 22 trophies for Billy McNeill.

“Could I do that? We’ll see how next year goes.

“Football is different now to then. The type of professionalism and the amount of games we play.

“To be compared to people like that is brilliant but they’re legends in their own way and always will be.”

Brown’s career has been revitalised under Brendan Rodgers and he’s out to make the most of these glory years.

He went on: “There’s a lot more in my tank yet so I’m not going down yet and I’ll see how many more trophies I can get.

“I fancy two or three seasons easily, four is a big push but I’ll keep going.

“I enjoy football and coming along to training. It’s all I know and it’s the way I want to continue. I want to finish at a top quality club like this.” His stamina is not in question but he might be looking a little tired at his testimonial game today.

Asked if he would last 90 minutes, he replied: “No chance” and went off to join the Scottish Cup celebrations.

Meanwhile, Callum McGregor has scored a few good goals in his short career, but he was struggling to think of one that bettered his strike that put Celtic 1-0 up against Motherwell yesterday.

He said: “It is probably the best one in terms of magnitude of the game and what was at stake. I caught it sweet and it went in off the side of the post.

“It is an amazing feeling to contribute like that in a big game and help the team win.

“I knew it was going in as soon as I made contact with the ball. I felt it straight away.

“It is still a bit raw in terms of the magnitude of what we have done.

“It feels good to have won the cup and the treble again, but we know this is bigger than that.” McGregor emphasised his determination to remain as a Celtic player for the long-term and the same goes for Kieran Tierney – despite interest from teams like Atletico Madrid.

Tierney said: “You can’t imagine how happy I am. It’s crazy. You can see the bond with the fans and us.  It’s special, something that’s very close to me. I love it.

“I don’t have a decision to make about leaving. I’ve signed here for six years.

“It’s football, you never know what can happen, there are no guarantees, but I’m really happy here and I think you can see that.”

The 20-year-old went off after 20 minutes of last year’s final against Aberdeen with a nasty facial injury.

He said: “I can remember the final this time. Last year was obviously different for its own reasons, but the outcome was the same. We won the cup and that’s all that matters.”