Scott Brown isn’t sure whether he will continue to make himself available for Scotland after Friday night’s game against England, but admits that it is difficult to tear himself away from national duty.

The Celtic captain was warmly welcomed back into the Scotland squad this week after his retirement from international football lasted only two matches.

But while Brown says that he feels a sense of duty to his country and to national manager Gordon Strachan, he isn’t yet sure if his body will be able to cope with the demands of playing for Scotland and Celtic.

“I’m going to have to sit down and think about it properly,” Brown told the Celtic View. “It’s more about how my body is after 15 or 16 games.

“Sometimes after a run of games I’ll get three to five games off, I’ll be able to sit, relax and see if I’m feeling good.

“Doing that gets you away from Lennoxtown, away from football and then you come back and have that wee buzz again.

“I’ve enjoyed every single time I’ve played with Scotland. I’m so passionate for my country and after Gordon having been there for me, having to make that phone call to him [to tell him I was retiring] was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

“But to be fair, he was brilliant with it and you could never ask for a better man.

“He’s the guy I look up to and if I could have half his career as a player and manager it would be incredible.

“He’s got good banter. He sits, talks, and has a great sense of humour but he also has that switch here he gets to business.

“He has a way he wants you to play, he understands the game. We did well in the last campaign and just got pipped at the post but we’ll hopefully kick on in this campaign.

“I’d love to play every game for Scotland and every game for Celtic but I need to look after my body sometimes as well.

“I don’t know how it’s going to go but I’m going to try to play against England if selected, then after that we’ll just take it from there.”

While some have criticised Brown for refusing to commit to Scotland beyond Friday night’s ‘Auld Enemy’ clash, the player himself is simply relishing being involved for what may be the last time with his Scotland teammates.

And there is no doubting his determination to return north of the border with three points in the bag.

“It’d be a dream come true,” he said. “As a Scotland fan, watching the games since I was young I always remember the games at Wembley, especially the last one at the old Wembley when we beat them.

“There are so many games and so many memories like the ball moving on the penalty spot for Gary McAllister and stuff like that, there are just so many games.

“England are a great team. They’re not top of this group through luck and they have a new manager so he’ll try to play a different way from what we have seen before.

“It will be a dream come true to run out at Wembley again with the Scotland strip on and hopefully I get that chance.”