There’s this thing called a ‘fitness for duty’ form that the SFA send to clubs before an international window, asking them to confirm whether a specific player is available for selection for Scotland. It goes out before the squad is selected – to a greater number of players, like a shortlist for the final squad.
I know about this, because one of these forms was sent to my club, Vancouver Whitecaps, before the double-header against Spain and France last October. There might have been one for me before, but this was the first time I had been aware of it. The first time in nine years that I had thought: “Maybe there’s a chance…”
I get asked about playing for Scotland so often that I get a bit wary of saying the wrong thing – I don’t want to create a headline. But the true answer is pretty simple. It was always an ambition of mine. It still is…
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