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Manchester United academy star Tyler Fletcher joins Scotland's World Cup squad

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Published 3 weeks ago

Manchester United's Tyler Fletcher has been called into Scotland's World Cup squad in place of the injured Billy Gilmour despite not being on Steve Clarke's initial standby list.

[p]Son of former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/scotland/fZRU25WH/"]Scotland[/a] captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fletcher-darren/j3pIFABB/"]Darren Fletcher[/a], the midfielder was among a group of youngsters used by Clarke to train alongside the squad over the past week.[/p][p]The 19-year-old was then thrown on for his international debut in the second half of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/curacao-bLLGpOkQ/scotland-fZRU25WH/?mid=GvuTpll2"]Saturday's 4-1 friendly win over Curacao.[/a][/p][p]Rangers' [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barron-connor/04aOgsNj/"]Connor Barron[/a], Udinese's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/miller-lennon/vRLk6Msm/"]Lennon Miller[/a] and Andy Irving of Sparta Prague were the midfielders who had initially been placed on Clarke's reserve list.[/p][p]But Fletcher has jumped ahead of them, despite having played just 17 minutes of senior football for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]United[/a].[/p][embed guid="172e089e-7a07-477f-a9a2-df38b5eafd1c" url="https://x.com/ScotlandNT/status/2061013896236831171" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I had to disappoint another three players this morning again, to tell them that they had missed out,"[/b] said Clarke.[/p][p][b]"I just felt [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fletcher-tyler/UPwHyZob/"]Tyler[/a] came into the squad this week and showed up really well, did well in the game so that was the thinking behind that one.[/b][/p][p][b]"Obviously devastated for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gilmour-billy/MPhh66QA/"]Billy[/a] and also really disappointed for Lennon, Andy Irving and Connor Barron."[/b][/p][p]Scotland fly out to the United States on Sunday to continue their World Cup preparations.[/p][p]Clarke's men face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bolivia/nXdi7mbc/"]Bolivia[/a] in a final warm-up friendly on June 6.[/p][p]In their first World Cup for 28 years, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/haiti-nk4v10Z1/scotland-fZRU25WH/?mid=QBBoaW63"]Scotland will open their tournament with a clash against Haiti.[/a][/p]

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