Scott Brown said Celtic interim manager John Kennedy will implement his own managerial style on the team starting with tomorrow’s (Saturday) game against Aberdeen.

John Kennedy will take charge of Celtic for the first time when the champions face Aberdeen in the league tomorrow at Celtic Park.

Brown admitted he and the rest of the team were saddened to see Neil Lennon depart, but the captain insisted they could not afford to dwell on the situation and must instead turn their full attention to Aberdeen.

“As soon as the manager goes there’s always that feeling of an end of an era,” said Brown. “John’s come in and it’s game by game for now. We’ll just take it from there and try to get back to winning ways.

'We have to start winning games. It starts tomorrow against Aberdeen. That’s always a hard game. Derek McInnes has them well organised so it’s going to be difficult.

"We need to make sure we play good football, start winning games and start scoring more goals.”

Brown pointed out that John Kennedy is well prepared for the transition into managing the team having worked with the first-team since 2014 and served as Neil Lennon’s assistant manager.

The Celtic captain said he anticipated John Kennedy to embody some of what he has learned from the managers he worked with but added John Kennedy would implement his own style of management in his new role.

“John knows all the lads inside out, he’s been here for a long time,” said Brown. “He’s done every single job at this club and now he gets the chance to be interim manager to show what he can do. There’ll be a lot of things the same but every manager who comes in will want to change bits and bobs and that’s football.

“Both John and Neil are winners, they’re both fantastic guys. They want to work on tactics, scoring goals, winning games and different formations. The philosophies are quite similar but as a new manager comes in there’ll be some small tweaks that they want to make and that will help us out in the long term.

“We’ve had a couple of chats back and forward and I think it’s about getting back to winning ways. The two of them were very close. It’s always hard when anyone leaves. We need to try and do the best for John now and try to pick up performances, win some games and playing good, attractive football again.”

Scott Brown: We're focused on getting back to our best under John Kennedy