Not only has Andy Robertson given no consideration to international retirement, but the Scotland captain has also been teasing Sir Kenny Dalglish that he is chasing down his caps record.
The Liverpool left-back, 31, will move third in the all-time men’s list should he make his 81st appearance in the first leg of the Nations League play-off in Greece on Thursday – live on BBC Scotland.
Leading out the national team for that game will take him past Darren Fletcher, leaving just Jim Leighton (91) and Dalglish (102) ahead of him.
“I actually said to Kenny the other week, ‘I’m coming for you’,” Robertson told BBC Scotland of the Liverpool legend. “His reply was plenty of players have said that before and he’s still the main man.”
Robertson made his Scotland debut under Gordon Strachan in 2014 while at Dundee United and was first made captain by Alex McLeish four years later.
“I love playing for Scotland, showing up for every camp, and I want to get as many caps as I can,” he said. “Wherever that takes me, it takes me. I’m incredibly proud to get to 80.
“You just deal with what’s in front of you. There’s so much going on, you can’t look too far ahead.
“You need a bit of luck with injuries but I do everything I can to make sure I’m in the best possible shape for Liverpool and Scotland.”
