Scotland offered Ukraine World Cup playoff alternative by Poland as postponement decision looms

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Scotland are lining up a friendly clash with Poland should their World Cup playoff with Ukraine be postponed. The Ukrainian FA have asked for their visit to Hampden on 24 March to be pushed back with football taking a back seat amid the ongoing Russian invasion.

Several members of the Ukraine team have signed up for the military amid the ongoing crisis. That comes while males aged between 18-60 currently in the country, currently under martial law, are not permitted to leave the war-torn nation.

With the game in major doubt for the Scottish FA, The Daily Mail report that a backup plan is emerging with the Polish FA. Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.Poland had been set to play Russia in their own before FIFA suspended the club from it's competitions.

It could keep the Scotland star's ticking over until the bid to reach Qatar is back underway. The World Cup draw is scheduled to take place on April 1, with the tournament in starting on November 21.