Liverpool star offered to take solo flight to Kazakhstan to play in Scotland’s Euro 2020 qualifying opener

Scotland captain Andy Robertson was so determined to play for his nation’s opening Euro 2020 qualifier that he supplied to fly solo to Kazakhstan.

Robertson, who performs for Premier League giants Liverpool, underwent emergency surgical procedure on a painful dental abscess.

He took a black cab to Heathrow airport following the Reds’ 2-1 victory at Fulham on Sunday, having failed to seek out a health care provider in a position to function instantly in London.

The left-back hoped that by flying to his homeland instantly he may go underneath the knife in Glasgow on Sunday night time however Robertson needed to wait till Monday morning for an appointment on the metropolis’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

And based on the Daily Mail, the 25-year-old will make himself obtainable for the conflict with Group I minnows San Marino in Serravalle.

He even requested Scottish Soccer Affiliation officers if they may prepare industrial flights – going towards medical recommendation – to allow him to meet up with the squad in time for Thursday’s group opener at Kazakhstan.

Nonetheless, that was dominated out on a mix of medical and bureaucratic grounds.

It’s understood he even informed buddies he had hopes of creating it to the Kazakh capital Astana, insisting he would see what sort of ache he was in earlier than resuming his insistence on discovering a method of creating it.

However after Robertson was informed it might not be doable, he then voiced his intention to affix the squad in San Marino in time for the match on Sunday.

On Robertson’s absence from the workforce lodge in Astana, Scotland’s assistant coach Peter Grant mentioned: “It’s an enormous blow. We have been ready for it clearly, earlier than the sport on Sunday we knew he was struggling a little bit bit however he needed to play.

“And the way in which he’s, he’s nonetheless determined to play and nonetheless making an attempt to get himself again out right here as effectively. That’s the way in which Andy Robertson is, that’s why the supervisor chosen him to be his captain, as a result of he’s decided to play for his nation.

“He had no alternative as a result of he couldn’t fly with it,” the previous Celtic midfielder mentioned. “The swelling and the strain within the air was going to be an issue for him. He went straight from the aircraft to the hospital and he hoped he was nonetheless going to fly, that’s why we held the aircraft up a bit. Clearly they needed him to get an operation accomplished.

“I’d hope he would be a part of up for right here.

Scotland have a pure substitute at left-back in Kieran Tierney, who missed the Nations League group finale in November by means of harm.

Grant mentioned: “The sweetness is we have now two incredible gamers. You’re by no means all the time going to have everybody match. However take a look at the standard it’s important to are available in if he (Tierney) is totally match.”

Striker Oli McBurnie has recovered from the sickness that pressured him out of Swansea’s latest video games whereas Callum McGregor reported no ailing results after making his comeback from a calf harm throughout Celtic’s late victory over Dundee on Sunday.

And Scott McKenna is assured he’ll face Kazakhstan after Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes raised doubts over the centre-back’s health after he performed by means of a thigh downside on Saturday.