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Alex McLeish has claimed Kieran Tierney is ready for a ‘more important club’ than Celtic, as Arsenal and Napoli continue to be linked with the left-back. As we’ve told you previously, Premier League giants Arsenal have been repeatedly linked with Tierney, with the Sun reporting that the Gunners will follow up an...

Alex McLeish is no longer the Scotland manager after the SFA announced his departure this afternoon. The former Tartan Army defender has paid the price for a poor start to his time in charge of the national team, particularly the 3-0 defeat away at Kazakhstan. And now the search begins for his...

Scotland boss Alex McLeish has responded to criticism from the Tartan Army following today’s turgid showing against San Marino, whilst also describing the 2-0 victory as a ‘professional enough’ showing. After Thursday’s shambolic 3-0 defeat away to Kazakhstan, McLeish and his Scotland players needed a goal-glut against their part-time opponents this evening...

Scotland boss Alex McLeish admits tonight’s ‘horrible’ defeat to Kazakhstan has left him feeling ‘sore’ – as his side face up to what could well be considered the worst-ever result in Scotland’s footballing history. McLeish and his players travelled to Astana this evening for the start of their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign...

Alex McLeish has been heavily criticised after Scotland lost to both Israel and Portugal last week… but the former Rangers boss could still turn things around. That’s if he’s willing to listen to some of our suggestions of how to breathe some life into this seemingly faltering Scotland side. McLeish is only...

Leigh Griffiths was openly criticised for pulling out of the Scotland squads to play Israel and Portugal last week, however,  Kris Boyd says he understands why the Celtic front-man “has taken the hump”. Scotland were beaten 2-1 by Israel, a team ranked 94th in the world, in their second UEFA Nations League...

Scotland were soundly beaten by Portugal at Hampden this evening – but manager Alex McLeish insists it was a good performance from his team undermined by soft and silly goals. The European champions came to Glasgow without a host of their best players, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Bernardo Silva, and the Scots...

Scotland boss Alex McLeish has claimed his side’s defeat in Haifa was a classic case of a game of two halves, whilst insisting his 3-5-2 formation worked ‘to a degree’. It looked like the Scots were heading for a promising away win against Israel when they went ahead in the first-half after...

Scotland boss Alex McLeish has admitted he can’t guarantee that he’ll be picking Leigh Griffiths in the...

Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths has withdrawn from this week’s Scotland squad citing his desire to work on his fitness and get back into the best shape possible. The Hoops hit-man was left out the starting line-up for Scotland’s 2-0 win over Albania last month, and was likely to still be behind Steven...