RONNY DEILA faces a dilemma over the fitness of Scott Brown and may decide to rest the club captain in the coming weeks for his own protection.

We understand the midfielder has not 100 per cent fully recovered for the hamstring injury picked up against FK Qarabag in Azerbaijan last month, which caused him to sit out two games.

Brown has clearly been struggling for his best form for both club and country since then and his situation is being constantly monitored by the Celtic medical staff.

Deila's problem is that he depends so much on the 30-year-old and with huge games against Aberdeen and Ajax coming up, there is little scope to rest him until next weekend.

Brown is, of course, not the type to allow any sort of injury or knock to keep him off the field of play, however, a period of rest may be best for a player who has over the years suffered more than most with fitness, a result of what he puts his body through in every match.

The Scotland skipper missed the start of last season with a hamstring injury and it was typical of him not to come off against Qarabag in the second-leg when he was struggling with a similar if nowhere close to a similar injury.

Deila relies heavily on Brown and with such vital domestic and European matches coming up, he will desperately hope the player manages to get through the next couple of matches without any serious problem.

Brown was substituted by Gordon Strachan during the second-half of Monday's match against Germany, a rare occurrence, but he is expected to be ready for the massive game this Saturday at Pittodrie.

Meanwhile, Celtic chief executive, Peter Lawwell, was yesterday re-elected to the Executive Board of the European Club Association until 2017 where he will once again work with the UEFA Professional Football Strategy Council.

Lawwell said: “It is a tremendous honour again to be elected to the Executive Board of the ECA.

“I very much look forward to undertaking this responsibility again in order that we continue to play an important role in the development of football in Europe.

“European football is an ever-changing landscape with many challenges and many opportunities and of course it is imperative that the clubs have a strong voice at the centre of the game.”

The club also announced the opening of Celtic Park Haiti, described on the official website as "a football facility on the grounds of what was once a makeshift camp for people displaced by the Haiti earthquake."

Lawwell said: "We are so pleased to be involved in this particular project and it is fitting that the Solino soccer field, once the scene of such heartache will now act as a major positive focal point within the community.”