Charlie Mulgrew says former Celtic captain could have ‘easily’ played in the Premier League

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Charlie Mulgrew has played with some of the best players ever to have pulled on a Celtic jersey in his time at the club.

Mulgrew played with the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Victor Wanyama and Ki Sung Yeung over his five year stint at Celtic.

But during that time, Mulgrew reckons there was one Celtic legend that he believes never got the credit he deserved for his footballing ability due to the persona he had on the park.

Scott Brown’s Celtic persona didn’t do him justice

Scott Brown is and always will be a legend at Celtic. Captaining the clun to a Quadruple Treble, nine in a row and an Invincibles Treblt, Broony was known mostly as a warrior on the pitch.

But Mulgrew said that that was all just an act and that he thrived on that persona and proving those in the Scottish media wrong about him.

Mulgrew told Under the Cosh, “Ah, but the thing is, he’s not that type of person at all. Off the pitch, he’s a completely different person.

“That’s just how he gets himself up for the game and gets himself in the mode for it and he gets the best out of his himself.

“But actually, as a person, just chats away, chilled, not aggressive at all.

And on the publicity surrounding Joey Barton’s arrival at Rangers, Mulgrew continued, “They made a massive deal. Typical up here, they made a huge deal of it. And Browny thrives on that stuff.

“So when he’s doubted or there’s a challenge like that, that’s his game.

Underrated Scott Brown was ‘unreal’ at Celtic

Mulgrew is of the firm belief that Brown was not just a midfield enforcer but also an unreal footballer who should have got more credit for his ability and could have ‘easily’ played in the English Premier League.

Mulgrew said, “He was very good. He used to talk himself down and he never got the credit for his football abilities.

“His football abilities were unreal. He could have played English Premier League.

“I think he might have had [had the chance to move to England], but I don’t know. You need to ask him that.

“Well, I think he had a chance to go to Newcastle at one point, and I don’t know what the script was, but he was happy at Celtic.

“He loved playing for Celtic. To be honest, see when you play for Celtic, it’s a hard one because the English Premiership is brilliant, but you’ve got the Champions League at Celtic, and it’s such a big club, it’s a difficult decision to make, I’d imagine, for a lot of people.”

Brown still speaks so passionately about Celtic and it is also clear that he is still held in high regard by not only the fans, but his peers as well.

Now the manager of Ayr, Brown is finding his feet in the dugout as he aims to make a return to the Scottish Premiership with the south coast club.

And if his coaching ability is as good as his footballing ability, then we are likely to see Broony back in Scotland’s top flight sooner rather than later.