Scottish captain Andy Robertson clearly said that international retirement is not on his radar.
Instead, Liverpool’s left back recalled with playful Sir Kenny Dalglish that he approaches his national caps record.
The 31 -year -old should win his 81st ceiling on Thursday when Scotland faces Greece during the Nations League qualifying match.
This will make him pass in front of Darren Fletcher in third place on the list of male appearances of all time of Scotland, leaving only Jim Leighton (91) and Dalglish (102) in front of him.
“I told Kenny the other week:” I come for you “,” Robertson told BBC Scotland. “His answer was that many players said this before and he is still the main man.”
Robertson’s international trip started under Gordon Strachan in 2014 while playing for Dundee United.
Four years later, Alex McLeish held him the captain’s armband.
“I love playing for Scotland, presenting myself for each camp, and I want to get as many caps as possible,” added Robertson. “Wherever it leads me, it takes me. I am incredibly proud to reach 80.
“Maybe Steve Clarke stops choosing me. Maybe that’s how it ends! 😅
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“You just treat what is in front of you. So much things happen, you can’t look too far.
“You need a little luck with injuries, but I do everything I can to make sure I am in the best possible form to Liverpool and Scotland.”
Robertson’s latest international objective came in time against Poland last November, winning a 2-1 victory in Warsaw and winning third place in the A1 group of the League of Nations.
Now Scotland faces a crucial confrontation against Greece to keep its place in the upper level of the tournament.
The left back believes that the team has shown significant progress in its very first group A campaign, ending with seven points from the last three games after a difficult departure.
“The League of Nations was important for us and the goal was still to go to Group A,” said Robertson. “We then saw the awards when we held ours against Portugal and Croatia.
“There was a lot of negativity after the euros and rightly so. We thought we could get out of the group and we did not reach the levels we know that we can.
“There was a lot of discussions on” Is this the end of this team? ” But I think we have rebounded very well. »»
Greece, currently classified 39th in the world – six places above Scotland – finished second behind England in its level B nations league group on the difference in goals. Robertson recognized the challenge they present.
“These are a very good team at home and do not grant a lot of goals,” he admitted. “It will be difficult, but we think we can give anyone a game.”
Scotland will again meet Greece later this year during qualifying in the World Cup, alongside Belarus and the losing team of the quarter -final of Portugal against Denmark.
