Scott Brown has spoken out to explain his injury situation.
The Celtic captain has been in and out of Neil Lennon’s side all season as he prepares for surgery on his degenerative hip injury.
After being substituted during the 2-1 defeat from Benfica Lennon felt that it might be time to go under the knife but after appearing as a substitute in yesterday’s match against Inverness Caley Thistle Brown decided to clarify the situation.
“I feel not too bad just now and hopefully that continues,” the midfielder stated. “The aim just now is to play against Spartak and we will see how it goes.
“I will just need to calm down on the training pitch and hopefully play as much as I can in the games without any pain. After I get the operation I should be fine.
“However long I play — and whatever operation I get — I will still be out for the same time.
“If I can prolong playing until we see what happens in the Champions League hopefully it will help me and help the club as well but the decision was fully mine.
“The gaffer asked if I wanted to go for the surgery but I said I would rather prolong it and try to play in the Spartak game. He was delighted about that.”
Celtic face Hearts and Arbroath before the December 5 home clash with Spartak Moscow.
While Celtic were suffering a 1-0 defeat at home to Inverness Caley Thistle Spartak were hammered 5-1 at home by Dinamo Moscow who went into the match eight points behind their city neighbours.
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