Tyler Fletcher has been added to Scotland\u2019s World Cup squad after a late call-up prompted by injury. The Manchester United youngster was named on Saturday night following Scotland\u2019s 4\u20131 friendly win over Cura\u00e7ao, who will make their World Cup debut this summer.<\/p>\n
Fletcher, the son of former midfielder and interim manager Darren, came off the bench to play the second half at Hampden Park. Darren earned 80 caps for Scotland from 2003 \u201317, but never got to experience playing at a World Cup. His son will now have the opportunity to be selected against group stage opponents Haiti, Morocco and Brazil, who Scotland also faced in their last World Cup appearance back in 1998.<\/p>\n
The vacancy arrived after a knee injury to former Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Billy Gilmour, now of Napoli. Clarke said he was \u201cdevastated\u201d for Gilmour, with the timing of his knee injury \u201cso, so cruel,\u201d while former Man Utd midfielder Scott McTominay, who also plays for Napoli, encouraged Gilmour to \u201ckeep his head up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scotland teammate Kenny McLean offered a strong endorsement of Fletcher\u2019s first appearance. \u201cTyler came on, and I can\u2019t speak highly enough of him,\u201d Scotland teammate Kenny McLean said of the youngster postmatch. \u201cI said to the lads after his first session, \u2018I can see something special in him,\u2019 so I was glad he got on after the week he has had. In my first couple of Scotland squads I played with his dad. And, for me, in my first session, he [Darren] stood out a mile.<\/p>\n
\u201cFortunately for Scotland, his son is pretty similar. There is a lot of potential there. It\u2019s about using him in the right way. Hopefully he does that back at his club and then when he comes away here and when he gets the opportunity, he makes the impact he has this week.\u201d<\/p>\n
While some observers may consider Fletcher\u2019s selection surprising given his relative lack of experience, Manchester United clearly view him as a player with genuine potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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