Scotland boss Gordon Strachan has welcomed Scott Brown's decision to come out of international retirement after naming the Celtic skipper in his squad to face England in this month's crunch World Cup qualifier.
Brown announced this week that he would again be available for Scotland, less than three months after declaring his international career was over.
Strachan said he had no hesitation in bringing the in-form 31-year-old back into his squad as Scotland look to get their Russia 2018 qualification bid back on track at Wembley.
"Scott (Brown) retired in August when he was in a different place to where he is now," Strachan said.
"At that time it was beneficial for him and Celtic that he retired from international football.
"We respected that but Scott is in a different place now and feels he can help us in our quest to get to a major finals."
Swansea's Stephen Kingsley has been called up at left-back with Andrew Robertson and Kieran Tierney both injured.
"We're happy to have Stephen Kingsley in the squad," Strachan added.
"He is a player who features in the English Premiership regularly for Swansea and if you do that, you're not a bad player."
Source: PA
