CELTIC captain Scott Brown hopes rather than expects to finish the Premiership season, but he insists their anticipated title win would be no less worthy if they have played their final game.

Uefa last week opened the door for the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) to declare Celtic champions after declaring leagues could end prematurely amid the coronavirus pandemic if government orders and/or financial considerations meant that it was impossible to play on.

Aberdeen have urged the SPFL to allow them to look carefully into the feasibility of completing the campaign, while Hibernian chief executive Leeann Dempster claimed this weekend that she was hopeful games could be played over the summer months.