Steve Clarke has named three Celtic players in his Scotland squad for the final two matches of Scotland’s already successful Euro2024 qualifying campaign.
Scotland have two fixtures to fulfil having Brady qualified for next summer’s finals in Germany. The Scotland side will take on Georgia at the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Tbilisi on Thursday 16 November before finishing the campaign against Norway at Hampden on 19 November with that game kicking off at 7.45pm on a Sunday night.
The three Celtic players named in the Scotland squad are Callum McGregor, Greg Taylor and Anthony Ralston. And there are three former Celts named in the Scotland squad that was announced earlier today. Jack Hendry, Stuart Armstrong and Ryan Christie are all included.
With Scotland already through to the finals, hopefully Steve Clarke will utilise his squad to the fullest and allow Callum McGregor a rest. Brendan Rodgers made a telling decision last night to substitute his captain during the second half of the 6-0 mauling in Madrid, a recognition that Calmac needs to have his minutes managed much more than has been the case.
No-one in European football has played more minutes than Callum McGregor over these past five or six seasons and eventually that will catch up with the Celtic captain.
At Celtic hopefully Brendan Rodgers is thinking along similar lines and in Tomoki Iwata he already has a top quality deputy for that number six role in the side.
Steve Clarke has named his Scotland squad for our final two matches of 2023.
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