SCOTT BROWN has revealed he is desperate to face Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League. Unfortunately for the midfield dynamo he will be suspended for the home leg of Celtic's knockout phase tie as a result of his booking in last week's 1-0 defeat to AC Milan. However, the £4.4million summer signing from Hibs will return for the second leg and his preference would be a match in the Spanish capital when the Champions League draw is made in Nyon next Friday. Brown said: "We won't mind who we're drawn against in the last 16 but Iwould love to play Real Madrid in the Bernabeu. "It would be a phenomenal experience to play in an atmosphere like that in front of 80-90,000 fans - that would be just great. "It's disappointing that I'll be suspended for the home leg but hopefully the lads will do really well and not miss me too much. "I got booked in the Milan game that ruled me out of the first leg of the last-16 tie but it's in my game to make tackles. "I play in the centre of midfield which is the area of the park where you make the most tackles. I made one challenge too many in the Milan game and got booked and now I'm suspended. "We're through to the last 16 because we won all our group games at home this time. Even the greats like Manchester United and Real Madrid have struggled to win all three games at home. "So that's why it is a great achievement to qualify from the group stages for the second successive season and the manager has to be pleased with that." Meanwhile, Artur Boruc last night admitted he wants to leave Celtic Park to play in a better league. The Hoops No.1 has revealed he will quit the SPL champions at the end of the season and Boruc has said he will, if necessary, use the Andy Webster example to engineer a move away from the club by invoking FIFA's Article 17. However, he has stressed he hasn't got a club lined up yet. Boruc said: "Celtic are a great club but I know there are better leagues in Europe and I have said that I want to play in another league from Scotland. I want to take a new challenge. "We have been talking about a new contract for a month and a half. My contract finishes in June 2009 and I have an option of a one-year extension. "I do not want to be parted from Celtic in unpleasant circumstances. However, I have several options - one of which is to use the 'Webster Law'. "But that's an extreme example because I am hoping to come to an agreement with Celtic. "I don't have a specific plan about where to play. I have options but I don't want to make them public yet." The Polish international, a massive favourite with the Hoops fans, was one of Gordon Strachan's first signings when he arrived from Legia Warsaw for a bargain £800,000 two and a half years ago. Boruc initially came on a season long loan deal but Strachan moved swiftly to get him on a longer contract when Arsenal and Manchester United were linked with him. Burnley manager Owen Coyle has entered the race for Celtic outcast Derek Riordan and is ready to offer Kyle Lafferty as the bait in a bid to land the versatile frontman. Celtic boss Gordon Strachan's reluctance to play the 24-year-old has infuriated Parkhead fans who have seen the former Hibs man come out of the cold to score some vital goals for the SPL champions. But Riordan is attracting interest particularly from down south - with several Championship sides as well as Lokomotiv Moscow - and Coyle hopes he can use Lafferty to tempt his former club into doing business with him. The Burnley boss has revealed that he won't stand in the Hoops target's way, having previously been reluctant to sell his best players. So if Celtic follow up their interest in Lafferty he could be theirs although Fulham are also keeping an eye out. Championship club Burnley are interested in Parkhead fringe player Riordan and the former Easter Road favourite could figure as a makeweight to reduce the fee. Celtic had a £500,000 offer turned down for Northern Ireland striker Lafferty a year ago but he is now valued at more than £3m. Former St Johnstone manager Coyle, who has made a stunning start in the Turf Moor managerial seat, said: "You are always keen to keep your best players and with the effort the lads are giving me I would like to keep every one of them. "But football being football, if you're doing well, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if other clubs are looking at Burnley and noticing they have two or three very good players. "There comes a time when the business side of the game kicks in. I have to say, if a young player can go and improve his career and it's in the best interests of Burnley then that's something the club will look at. "I've always been a great believer that you are looking for everybody to develop their game. "If young players can go on and eventually play at that top level then they should be given that opportunity." And Coyle believes the 20-year-old can go right to the top. He added: "Kyle has so many attributes. But I do think it wouldn't do him any harm to have another year here with Burnley and develop his career. "Hopefully I can add that little bit of composure at the end of Kyle's good work. If we do that then he is going to develop further again. "After that, he will take some stopping because of everything he has in his locker. "He has pace, physique, is comfortable with the ball and can play down both sides. With just that little bit of composure in the final third I think he has the makings of a top player." Lafferty has starred ain Burnley's move towards the play-off on the back of a five-game unbeaten run. | 
