Ben Doak’s Scotland call-up a boost to Under-21s, says Scot Gemmill
Scotland Under-21 manager Scot Gemmill says the inclusion of Ben Doak in Steve Clarke’s preliminary Euro 2024 squad is a “huge motivation” for his players.
The 18-year-old Liverpool winger has hande his first full national team call-up ahead of the European Championships in Germany despite having spent most of this year recovering from a knee injury sustaine in December.
Clarke name a 28-man squad, which will เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา be reduce to 26 on June 7.
With some fitness concerns present, he reveale any stand-by players would come from Gemmill’s Scotland Under-21 squad which was name on Thursday morning for upcoming friendlies against Turkey and Austria.
On Under-21 star Doak’s selection for the senior squad, Gemmill said: “I think it is really exciting. Steve spoke about it yesterday, with the squad obviously raise to 26, he named 28, it is a provisional squad so I think it is really exciting and a brilliant opportunity for him, same as all the other players.”
On the potential for more of his squad, which includes the likes of Josh Doig, Connor Barron, Max Johnston and Tommy Conway, to join Doak, Gemmill said: “It is huge motivation and it is fantastic that they know the national team manager is watching the Under-21s so closely.
“We said many times, he knows better than anybody, who is in the squad, what level they are at and the potential that they have and, as he said, anything can happen in football so the players have to be ready.
“The players are very intelligent, they will have watche Steve speaking and are watching the senior squad very closely.
“We will be concentrating on preparing to play our games and if anything happens we will react to that.
“These players have a lot of self-confidence and belief and they are very ambitious.