Gordon Strachan paid tribute to Scott Brown's popularity after revealing that the Celtic midfielder will captain Scotland in tonight's friendly against Estonia.
Absent Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher will return to the role if and when he recovers from his serious bowel condition. But Strachan pulled Brown aside at the team hotel yesterday to say that he would lead out his country for the first time at Pittodrie. The most obvious replacement for Fletcher, Gary Caldwell, withdrew from the squad yesterday because of a hip problem.
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