‘Doak is a star’ – Rough

Former Scotland goalkeeper Alan Rough has urged Steve Clarke to make Ben Doak a regular member of the national side.

The Liverpool winger, on loan at Middlesbrough, has shone in Scotland’s recent Nations League fixtures.

The 19-year-old provided the assist for the Scots’ first goal in their 2-1 win against Poland – a result that secured Steve Clarke’s side a Nations League A play-off spot.

“A winger is always exciting and it doesn’t matter who it is, somebody’s taking on somebody,” Rough told the BBC’s Sacked in the Morning podcast.

“We had James Forrest there who I thought, at the height of the Euros, would have been a star. But I think Doak definitely is and I think we’ve got to start playing him.

“I know the manager’s saying we should protect him and I think that’s quite right but when I went to Georgia there was a guy at 16 playing, there’s a guy at another country is 18. If they’re good enough just play them.”