Source: PA
Lennon underlines Brown captaincy credentials
Celtic manager Neil Lennon is more than happy for Scott Brown to continue hitting Rangers' El-Hadji Diouf with verbal barbs and believes his maturing skipper is a Scotland captain in waiting.
Diouf accused Brown of trying to get him sent off during Sunday's 2-2 Scottish Cup fifth-round draw before claiming Lennon goaded him in the tunnel at Ibrox.
Brown has since hit back and Lennon is happy for his captain to do the talking, refusing to get directly involved himself.
"I'll leave Scott to sort that out because he seems to be coping with it very well," said Lennon. "He can say what he likes about me - I'm not going to get into a war of words with him.
"He's grown into the role here as captain of Celtic and adapted brilliantly to it. There's more maturity about his game. He was a wee bit of a rascal - he's still got a wee bit of gallus-ness in him, we don't discourage that at all.
"But I think later on down the line as he matures more and comes into the peak years of his career he's a Scotland captain in the making, that's for sure."
