John Souttar made to wait for senior Scotland bow after U21's call-up
John Souttar looks like he will have to wait longer for a Scotland debut after being named in Scot Gemmill's Under-21s squad.
Last updated 21st Aug 2018
The centre-back pulled out of Scotland's summer tour to Peru and Mexico through injury and was tipped for another call-up after his Hearts team-mate, Christophe Berra, and Aberdeen's Scott McKenna were both struck down by hamstring problems.
But the 21-year-old has instead been named in the pool that will face Andorra and Holland in qualification for the European Under-21 Championship next month.
Scotland manager Alex McLeish - whose side face Belgium and Albania in September - has played Charlie Mulgrew, Grant Hanley and Jack Hendry in central defence along with McKenna during his four matches in charge.
Chelsea's 17-year-old midfielder, Billy Gilmour, has retained his place in Gemmill's squad after winning the breakthrough player award at this summer's Toulon Tournament, when a Scotland Under-21 side reached the semi-finals. The former Rangers youth player scored on his first appearance for Chelsea's Under-23s side this week.
Motherwell midfielder Chris Cadden drops back to the squad after earning a late call-up to McLeish's squad for the Americas trip.
Aberdeen midfielder Lewis Ferguson has earned his first Under-21 call-up. The 18-year-old netted an impressive first goal for the Dons against Burnley in the Europa League following his move from Hamilton.
Squad: Fulton (Hamilton), Robby McCrorie (Rangers), Doohan (Celtic, on loan to Ayr); Ross McCrorie (Rangers), McIntyre (Reading), Porteous (Hibernian), Smith (Ayr), Souttar (Hearts), Taylor (Kilmarnock), Williamson (Dunfermline); Cadden, Campbell (both Motherwell), Ferguson (Aberdeen), Johnston (Celtic), Mallan (Hibernian), Magennis (St Mirren), Wilson (Kilmarnock); Burke (West Brom), Hornby (Everton), Shaw (Hibernian), Wright (Aberdeen)