Weir will stay at Ibrox - Brown

Former Scotland boss Craig Brown has tipped David Weir to sign up for another year at Rangers now that Walter Smith is staying. Weir may have celebrated his 40th birthday earlier this month but has indicated he is keen to carry on his playing career for as long as possible.The veteran defender has been operating on a season-by-season basis at Rangers and has yet to thrash out a new deal.However, the Scottish champions have secured Smith and his backroom staff on new contracts and Brown - who worked with Weir at the 1998 World Cup - believes he will follow suit."I'm sure he will sign up now that Walter is there," he said."Davie is a gentleman and a terrific role model for any footballer. If anyone takes on board an instruction or a bit of advice, it's Davie Weir."Now he is in the role to give the advice, which I think is terrific. I'm sure Danny Wilson and Madjid Bougherra will listen."Anyone who plays alongside Davie Weir is bound to benefit from the advice and instruction."Weir proved he can still cut it at the top level by picking up several player of the year awards for last season.Brown added: "I'm not surprised he's still playing because he's terrific."Not only is he the outstanding player in the squad, I'm quite sure he is the outstanding Trivial Pursuit player in the squad. No-one will beat him on general knowledge."Big Davie is a clever and modest guy. He's perfect. He's son-in-law material."Ally McCoist and Kenny McDowall are set to take over the helm when Smith retires at the end of next season and Brown believes a coaching role at Rangers could convince Weir to settle back in Scotland when he finally hangs up his boots.The veteran boss said: "His family is down south but I think he would move. Player's careers are restricted in terms of longevity and he might think he's got more mileage left as a coach."He certainly doesn't have to depend on his legs to take him there so he might want to move his family up here."At the age of 69, Brown is still actively involved in football as manager of Motherwell and can fully understand why Smith - seven years his junior - wants another year at the top level."He had given it up already and was out of the game," said Brown."Alex Ferguson brought him back and he was delighted, he said it gave him a new lease of life."But, when I see him with his grandchildren on his shoulders, I can see there is a pull there as well."In his office after the game, when we played them in the last game of the season, the grandchildren were in the office. So there is a nice family spirit about him as well."Brown was speaking at the launch of this year's search for the Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductees.

Source: Team_Talk