SCOTT BROWN is facing more Scotland World Cup heartache next month.
A hip injury ruled the Celtic skipper out of the opening Group A qualifiers against Serbia and Macedonia.
Hoops boss Neil Lennon last night revealed Brown might need surgery and admitted he’s a doubt for the October double-header with Wales and Belgium.
He said: “Scott’s not training at the minute. It’s just light stuff and rest.
“Will it be the same for the next Scotland double-header? I hope not, but we have to see.
“This isn’t a club v country thing — he wants to play for Scotland. Scott’s disappointed to miss out, but if he could have played the Serbia game, there’s no way he could have got through the Macedonia game. It would have been IMPOSSIBLE. That’s where we are just now with him.
“I’d imagine two or three games a week would be a problem. Does he need surgery? Possibly. If so, when does he need it and when do we do it?
“It’s a degenerative problem so he might need to go in, get it cleaned up and then shut down for a spell.”
The news will come as a hammer blow to Craig Levein.
The Scotland boss is not helped by the fact the next double-header comes in the middle of Celtic’s Champions League campaign.
The Hoops travel to Russia to play Spartak Moscow on October 2 — and then go to Barcelona on October 23.
Scotland visit Wales on October 12 and then jet out to Belgium four days later.
Lennon said: “We’ve seven games in 23 days when we’re back which is a helluva lot and obviously Scott would want to play in the majority.
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