Alex McLeish has confidence in Scotland’s ‘back-up’ players

Alex McLeish admits he cannot wave a magic wand to summon up another winning Scotland team but is confident his “back-up” players can get their Euro 2020 campaign off to a positive start.

McLeish experienced nine call-offs ahead of the victories over Albania and Israel in November, having already seen the likes of Tom Cairney, Robert Snodgrass, Leigh Griffiths, Matt Ritchie and James McArthur drift out of the international picture, some for the time being at least.

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