What can we learn from Clarke's fresh-faced Scotland squad?

International friendly: Scotland v Iceland

When: Friday 6 June Where: Hampden Park Kick-off: 19:45 BST

Coverage: Watch unrecorded connected BBC One Scotland and BBC Sport website & app, online substance updates, perceive connected BBC Radio Scotland

Steve Clarke is nary alien to adapting and evolving arsenic Scotland manager.

During his six years successful complaint of the nationalist team, helium has chopped and changed the constitution of his squad, reaching 2 large finals successful the process.

A spot astatine the World Cup is the adjacent people for Clarke's Scotland, 27 years since their past quality astatine the showpiece lawsuit successful 1998.

The 61-year-old has selected 7 uncapped players for this month's affable matches against Iceland and Liechtenstein arsenic they cogwheel up for their World Cup qualifying campaign, which gets nether mode successful September.

Hibernian striker Kieron Bowie and Sassuolo left-back Josh Doig are included, arsenic are midfield trio Connor Barron of Rangers, West Ham United's Andy Irving and Lennon Miller of Motherwell.

Goalkeepers Robby McCrorie and Cieran Slicker are the different 2 players yet to marque their afloat planetary debuts.

On the look of it, it appears Clarke is looking to the future, but what tin we larn from his new-look squad?

One happening that stands out, successful summation to the galore uncapped players, is the measurement of younger faces.

Of the 25-man squad, 12 are aged 25 oregon younger with their champion years stretching up of them.

Lewis Ferguson is 1 of them. The Bologna skipper continued his superb communicative connected the continent by winning the Coppa Italia past season, but has struggled for regular starts successful the acheronian bluish of his country.

With Kenny McLean not included and Ryan Christie recovering from injury, helium has an accidental to involvement his spot successful midfield alongside Billy Gilmour.

Max Johnston, 21, and the returning Nathan Patterson, 23, could beryllium handed opportunities to impressment with Anthony Ralston - the different right-back successful the squad - 2nd prime astatine Celtic.

Hearts' James Wilson and Middlesbrough's Tommy Conway articulation Bowie arsenic the different youthful striking options.

There is inactive a acquainted consciousness to the spine of the squad though.

Wiser heads similar skipper Andy Robertson, John McGinn, Kieran Tierney and Serie A MVP Scott McTominay remain, arsenic Scotland question momentum earlier the games that matter.

Not agelong ago, Scotland had an abundance of prime goalkeeping endowment astatine their disposal.

Any 1 of Craig Gordon, Allan McGregor oregon David Marshall were comfy astatine planetary level.

These days, the resources betwixt the sticks are little plentiful, to accidental the least.

Gordon is present 42 and not included successful this squad owed to injury. It seems highly improbable that adjacent a antheral of his endowment and resilience would diagnostic astatine the 2026 World Cup if Scotland were to get there.

Angus Gunn took the gloves astatine Euro 2024, but has made high-profile errors for some nine and state and is present a escaped cause aft being released by Norwich City.

That leaves the uncapped Slicker and McCrorie, some with constricted acquisition astatine nine level.

Clarke indispensable either backmost Gunn oregon enactment his religion successful 1 of his untested changeable stoppers.

Of the uncapped players, Miller undoubtedly has the astir hype astir him.

Motherwell's 18-year-old midfielder has improved astatine a singular complaint since making his elder nine debut aged conscionable 16.

He won the PFA Scotland young subordinate of the twelvemonth grant past period aft a play successful which helium scored 4 goals and assisted 7 successful 36 games.

Miller is expected to permission Fir Park for a sizeable transportation fee, 1 which could beryllium bolstered should helium marque his Scotland bow against Iceland oregon Liechtenstein.

"I could maybe, successful a mates of months, beryllium the champion subordinate there," Miller said aft his archetypal Scotland call-up successful March.

He aboriginal clarified his comments, saying the velocity of that assertion was a "mistake", but reiterating his tendency to beryllium the champion subordinate helium perchance tin be.

Short of confidence, helium is not.

Bowie is different who volition fancy making an impact, should the accidental arise.

Quick, beardown and imposing, helium scored six goals successful his archetypal play for Hibs aft recovering from a hamstring wounded sustained playing for Scotland Under-21s.

"Any clip I watched the Under-21s helium ever stood out," Clarke said erstwhile naming his squad. "He's big, carnal and beardown with bully attributes to his game.

"Going into the summer, you've got Lawrence Shankland and Kevin Nisbet, I cognize what they tin bring, truthful it was conscionable to person a look astatine thing a small spot antithetic and spot if we tin grow the excavation of players.

"You're looking for idiosyncratic to drawback your eye."