Selektor škotske nogometne reprezentance Gordon Strachan je objavil seznam igralcev, na katere bo računal na kvalifikacijski tekmi za svetovno prvenstvo 2018 v Glasgowu proti Sloveniji. Novinca v ekipi, ki bo v Slovence v Glasgowu gostila 26. marca, sta Ryan Fraser iz Bournemoutha in Tom Cairney iz Fulhama.
Škotska bo, kot poroča spletna stran škotske zveze, štiri dni pred tekmo s Slovenijo igrala še prijateljsko tekmo s Kanado. Slovenski selektor Srečko Katanec bo seznam objavil v četrtek.* Reprezentanca Škotske:
- vratarji: Craig Gordon (Celtic), David Marshall (Hull City), Allan McGregor (Hull City/Cardiff City)
- branilci: Ikechi Anya (Derby County), Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town), Grant Hanley (Newcastle United), Russell Martin (Norwich City), Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Andrew Robertson (Hull City), Kieran Tierney (Celtic), Lee Wallace (Rangers);
- vezisti: Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday), Scott Brown (Celtic), Oliver Burke (RB Leipzig), Tom Cairney (Fulham), Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion), James Forrest (Celtic), Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth), James McArthur (Crystal Palace), John McGinn (Hibernian), James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion), Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion), Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United), Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United);
- napadalci: Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday), Leigh Griffiths (Celtic), Chris Martin (Derby County/Fulham), Steven Naismith (Norwich City), Jordan Rhodes (Middlesbrough/Sheffield Wednesday).