Lawrence Shankland admits he was stunned to learn he was on the shortlist for the Scottish Football Writers’ Association’s Player of the Year award.
The Scotland striker joins Celtic pair Odsonne Edouard and Callum McGregor and Rangers star Alfredo Morelos in the running for the prize.
But when the Dundee United hero’s girlfriend asked him to name the four nominees he got stuck on the fourth never thinking it would be him.
Shankland said: “Nicole was sitting next to me and asked me to guess who had been nominated. I couldn’t get the fourth one – it was me.
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