Steve Clarke has fired a thinly-veiled barb at Ryan Fraser – and insisted he faces a massive fight to get back into his Scotland plans.
The national coach didn’t think his team missed the Newcastle winger in the World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Denmark last month after his controversial withdrawal.
Fraser pulled out of the games in Chisinau and Glasgow after citing a calf problem but was photographed training with his club.Clarke has not discussed the situation with Fraser but says the form of his squad makes it tough for anyone to force a way in.
He said: “I haven’t spoken to Ryan. Obviously he wasn’t involved through his own choice in the November games.“I don’t think we missed him, the team was good in both games, so Ryan could
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