Ahead of this game there has been speculation that Newcastle United winger Harvey Barnes could switch his international allegiance from England to Scotland.
Barnes, 25, won a solitary England cap in 2020 but has not appeared for his country since.
Scotland are also targeting Newcastle’s 20-year-old midfielder Elliot Anderson, who spent two days with Scotland last week before withdrawing from the squad due to injury.
Anderson has played one time for both England’s and Scotland’s under-21 sides.
“Both are very good players,” Gareth Southgate said yesterday.
“In terms of Harvey, he’s obviously a player who has played for us. We have a lot of competition in that area of the pitch so he is a player we are always monitoring and he’s a player we like a lot.
“With Elliot, I think he’s a player who has progressed really well. We’ve previously spoken with him, but of course he was named in the squad here so assumed that was that.
“I thought he had an excellent pre-season with Newcastle as well. You could see that evolution that he has got as a young player and the potential he has got. I know at Newcastle they rate him very highly.
“I don’t know the answer to the ultimate question for either player, but there are going to be more and more of these sorts of situations.
“There are so many players with dual or triple nationality now. It is very complicated for every country and sometimes you can’t offer the player something as quickly as they like.
“We have benefited from it and we have lost players because of it and I think that is always going to be the case, really.”
