Scott Brown has detailed his decision to sign for Celtic after transfer talks with Rangers.
Both Glasgow clubs were interested in signing the midfielder from Hibernian back in 2007.
Brown had made his mark in Scottish football in the Hibs side and was attracting significant transfer interest from both Celtic and Rangers.
The now Ayr United boss even held talks with both Rangers and Celtic before committing his future to the Parkhead club where he would become a legend after a trophy-laden spell.
Speaking on the Let Me Be Frank podcast, Brown revealed discussions with Walter Smith, Ally McCoist and David Murray in a Glasgow car park over a possible Ibrox switch.
However, that was blown out of the water as Brown was flown down to London to speak with Dermot Desmond about instead signing for Celtic with Tommy Burns also playing a role in Brown's decision-making.
Asked about the decision between Rangers and Celtic, Brown smirked: "I think I chose alright, eh?"
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He continued: "I went and met Walter, Ally and David Murray in a car park in Sighthill in Glasgow underneath flats.
"We sat in a Land Rover and blethered away to them.
"Then, Celtic phoned to ask if I could speak to them and Hibs accepted the bid.
"They flew me down to London to Dermot's place and I was looking going 'Slightly better than Sighthill, this'.
"I got on really well with Coisty and Walter and being at Scotland with Tam at the time as well.
"It was really good banter but Tommy was texting saying, 'Wee man, come on, you know you want to come home and come to us, we will make sure you're alright and build the team around you'.
"I got on really well with Gordon Strachan and the way he wanted to play. He wanted to build the team around myself, Aiden and all the young players that were there.
"I just felt like it was the right place at the right time to go to a team in the Champions League that was competing all the time - and to be fair, we done well in the Champions League in the first couple of seasons."
