Captain Andy Robertson says he and the Scotland players are like children on Christmas Eve as they prepare to end their nation's 28-year wait to return to a men's World Cup finals. "We're on the eve of it and in the team hotel it feels like Christmas Eve when you're a little kid," Tottenham Hotspur left-back Robertson told BBC Sport. Scotland secured their place at the finals with a stunning 4-2 win at home to Denmark in November.
Robertson said game helped pass time in training campScotland play 83rd-ranked Haiti on Saturday in BostonAndy Robertson has revealed an unorthodox way Scotland have prepared for their World Cup return, with the captain organising a game of Traitors for the squad during their buildup camp in the United States.Scotland’s meeting with Haiti in Boston is their first World Cup game since 1998. Much has been made of Scotland’s togetherness in the lead up to this tournament. Robertson did not explain who among his teammates was a faithful and who a traitor, but did explain why the game was introduced. Continue reading...
Marc asked: Will Andoni Iraola be able to get Kerkez back to how he excelled in his Bournemouth team, and can he keep youngsters like Conor Bradley and Stefan Bajcetic fit? Aadam: Kerkez actually improved as the season went on, and I recall Virgil van Dijk hailing the Hungarian to reporters in the second half of the campaign. It is worth noting that Kerkez is younger than Andy Robertson was when he joined Liverpool, so that development is expected to come with time and you would imagine that working under Iraola should even accelerate that.
Rute Cardoso believes her late husband Diogo Jota will be in former Liverpool team-mate Andy Robertson's "thoughts, steps and heart" when he leads Scotland out in their first World Cup since 1998. You will be taking his dream with you too.
Scotland captain Andy Robertson, who spent many happy moments sharing the pitch with the late Diogo Jota in a Liverpool shirt, has received a letter from Jota’s widow, Rute Cardoso. Robertson and Jota were great friends, and they shared the dream of playing at the World Cup this year. One of them will get to […] The post Andy Robertson receives heart-felt letter from Diogo Jota’s widow (Video) appeared first on SoccerNews.
Scot and Portuguese were close friends at Liverpool‘The two of you nurtured a World Cup dream’Andy Robertson has shared an emotional letter from Diogo Jota’s widow as he prepares to lead Scotland at their World Cup return. Robertson and Jota were teammates and close friends at Liverpool before the Portuguese was killed in a car accident, aged just 28, last July.When Scotland qualified for the World Cup for the first time in almost 30 years, Robertson revealed Jota had featured strongly in his thoughts. The pair had spoken regularly about shared World Cup aspirations. Now, as part of a feature on Fifa’s social media channels, Robertson has read out a letter from Jota’s widow, Rute Cardoso. Continue reading...
Brighton are expecting Tottenham to return with another bid for defender Jan Paul van Hecke after rejecting their initial offer. Van Hecke, who is part of the Netherlands' World Cup squad, has a year left on his contract and new Spurs boss Roberto de Zerbi is keen to be reunited with the 25-year-old after working with him at Brighton. The Brighton defender would be one of De Zerbi's first signings - after signing former Liverpool defender Andy Robertson - if this deal materialised, and shows how he is looking to boost his squad with players he knows well from his previous managerial roles.
