Monday 11 September 2017 16:05, UK
Club captain Scott Brown has signed a new two-year deal with Celtic while central defender Jozo Simunovic has penned a fresh four-year contract.
"I am delighted for both," said manager Brendan Rodgers. "Scott has been a great captain here over many years and certainly in the period I have been here, he has consistently played at a very high level.
"We were talking towards the end of last season and it was a case of just getting the Champions League qualification out of the way and hoping to get something agreed.
"So I am absolutely delighted because he is a very important figure for us on and off the field and I have been delighted at his performance level and how tactically he has been playing the game.
"Jozo is a young player that, obviously there was a focus on his injury past, but this is a great arena for him to play and he is in an environment where he needs that development and once he is fit and trains and plays consistently he is an outstanding talent.
"So it is great news for our squad because we are trying to build and create something here. A lot of our players now are tying into longer deals, which is great.
"It is a really exciting period and we have one or two others that we will look at to try to ensure the squad remains as stable as possible whilst looking to progress at the same time."
Brown, 32, led the 'Invincibles' last season to the Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and League Cup treble in Rodgers' first season and has extended his stay with the Hoops until at least 2019.
Scotland midfielder Brown signed for Celtic in 2007 from Hibernian for £4.4million, a move which remains the biggest transfer between two Scottish clubs
He has made 429 appearances for the club, scoring 37 goals, and has won seven league titles, three Scottish Cups and three League Cups.
Brown won the SPFA Players' Player of the Year award for season 2008/09 and was named Celtic captain in February 2010.
He made his debut for Scotland as a substitute in a 1-1 friendly draw against the USA in November 2005 and has 55 caps to date.
Brown captained Scotland for the first time in Gordon Strachan's first match in charge, a 1-0 friendly win over Estonia at Pittodrie in February 2013.
Simunovic, 23, who signed from Dinamo Zagreb in 2015, is now contracted with the club until at least the summer of 2021.
He has helped the club win the Premiership in each of his two full seasons in Glasgow.
Simunovic played up to Under-21 level for Croatia but has now switched to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is yet to win a senior international cap.
Friday's 4-1 victory over Hamilton stretched the club's domestic unbeaten run to 54 matches.
