No fitness risks taken by manager Steve Clarke

Steve Clarke insists there have been no health dangers taken along with his Scotland squad forward of the Euros.

Former Aberdeen winger Ryan Fraser has been lacking with a groin drawback and Newcastle manager Steve Bruce had warned it would be a gamble to select him.

Southampton striker Che Adams, who made his worldwide debut in March after declaring for Scotland, came off at half-time in Southampton’s 2-0 loss to Leeds on Tuesday night.

Manchester United’s Scott McTominay was additionally substituted within the 1-1 draw with Fulham, however has been included within the Scotland squad.

Clarke mentioned: “No they’ll all be advantageous. The first recreation is 4 weeks away and I don’t suppose there’s an harm there that’s a priority.

!Two of the accidents occurred final evening (Tuesday), Declan Gallagher has been on the bench for Motherwell’s final couple of video games, however I feel which may have been right down to a contractual situation so Declan will likely be advantageous.

“The stories I’m getting again on Ryan Fraser is that he’s progressing effectively. I do know Brucie had slightly bit within the papers saying it could be a bet, however the way in which Ryan has been for us and the way in which he performed within the final camp, it’s a bet I’m prepared to take.”

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Scotland’s Ryan Fraser (centre) celebrates his equaliser in opposition to Israel.

The consideration for these included within the Scotland squad now would be the pre-tournament coaching camp in Spain, adopted by friendlies in opposition to Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Their first recreation of the match is at Hampden Park in opposition to Czech Republic on June 14, earlier than dealing with England at Wembley and Croatia in Glasow.

Clarke added: “Listen, they had been all heroes after they got here out of Serbia, they had been implausible and every little thing was nice. But if we develop into the primary males’s group to qualify for the knock-out levels of a significant match they are often legends, so why not purpose for that?

“Yes, after all, it’s fairly a motivation. But changing into the primary group of gamers to qualify for 23 years was additionally an enormous motivation they usually managed to do this. So let’s go into the match this summer time, let’s be actually aggressive and let’s give every little thing to get out of the group and into the knock-out levels for the primary time. That can be implausible.”

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