CELTIC'S blistering domestic start under Brendan Rodgers has been hailed as the catalyst for Scott Brown's Scotland U-turn.

That was the view of national assistant Mark McGhee who yesterday described the Parkhead skipper's expected return as a 'no-brainer'.

It emerged yesterday that the 31-year-old is poised to be named in Gordon Strachan's squad to face the Auld Enemy at Wembley next month, just over two months after retiring from international football in August.

And Strachan's No.2 believes Brown's resurgence in green and white as part of Rodgers' high-flying Hoops has been the trigger for his expected return to dark blue.

"The lad is entitled to his life and his own feelings and the pressures someone like him has," said the Motherwell manager.

"I think it is significant, Brendan’s arrivals, Broonie seeing it and thinking, ‘this could be really exciting at Celtic’ and want to be part of that and want to give himself as good a chance as he could to be part of that.

"I think now what he has realised is, ‘I can do this. I can be part of it. I can be part of something exciting at Celtic Park and do this.’

"If that’s the case fine, I welcome him back with open arms.

"The day he announced it I almost thought of going and trying to talk him out of it himself. I didn’t really think that was my role. But there are no negatives.

"The other players will be delighted. He is popular within the camp. He is not someone who is aloof or anything like that.

"When he stood down and made his announcement he did it for all the right reasons. It wasn’t like someone who did it because he wasn’t being picked."

McGhee was also joined by Brown's former Celtic manager Neil Lennon in hailing the change of heart.

The now Hibs boss spoke about the midfielder ahead of his team's match today with St Mirren reckons it will be a massive shot in the arm for Scotland as they take on England on November 11.

“That is a huge boost for Scotland," he said. "I would think that having Broonie back in the Scotland squad and playing the way he is would be huge fillip for the squad, for the fans and for Gordon as well.

“He probably looked at last season when he was picking up injuries and playing with injuries, it was taking its toll on him but he looks really fresh this season and is playing very, very well - far more like the Scott we know.

“He played brilliantly for me for a number of seasons and it looks like he’s back to playing that way again.

“I think the majority of the players will know him and will probably welcome him back with open arms because he’s playing with a presence and a drive and I think that’s probably been missing a little bit from the Scotland team.”