From a kick-about in the local park to teaming up in a vital international years later is fanciful material usually reserved solely for the dreams of Scottish youngsters. Andrew Robertson and Ryan Gauld are on the brink of pulling off the feat within six months. It was only back in April that Robertson and Gauld posed for a team picture with their then Tannadice buddies John Souttar and Joe McGovern at Magdalene Green in Dundee after a jumpers-for-goalposts session. The former Tayside flatmates will be reunited on Monday, with the Scotland squad’s plush Mar Hall training base their home for the week.
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Ryan Gauld and Andrew Robertson, both formerly of Dundee United, now play at Sporting Lisbon and Hull City respectively
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In April, the pair posed for a team picture with John Souttar and Joe McGovern at Magdalene Green in Dundee
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The duo, former flatmates in Dundee, will be reunited on Monday with the Scotland squad’s plush Mar Hall training base their home for the week
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Robertson insists Gauld is 'one of the best prospects in Scotland - if not the best' and hopes Scotland boss Gordon Strachan will give him a chance
‘The most important thing is on the training ground,’ admits @placeholder manager Gordon Strachan