The former Scotland manager has suggested that the Manchester United boss may have cast the deciding vote on the midfielder's international future
Craig Brown suspects Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho may have helped convince Scott McTominay to commit to Scotland.
Promising midfielder McTominay was born in England but has declared his allegiance to Scotland after a minor tug of war between the neighbouring countries.
Former United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been credited with a role in convincing the 21-year-old to snub the Three Lions.
But Brown, who coached Scotland from 1993 until 2001, feels Mourinho could also have exerted an influence, albeit on the tenuous basis of a conversation he had with the Portuguese while queuing for fast food over a decade ago.