Former Scotland striker Steven Thompson said to BBC Sport: “Steve Clarke was never going to be too left field. Ryan Jack is perhaps fortunate to make it.

“Ross McCrorie a good decision as he’s been playing right side for Bristol City and is a consistent performer.

“Ben Doak’s inclusion is a bonus a wild card, something different.

“Max Johnston is unlucky not to make it.”

The press conference with Steve Clark is just 15 minutes away

He remains available to both the Republic of Ireland and Scotland through his heritage, with the latter seemingly a possible option to get into the senior international scene and secure a spot at the Euros this summer.

Now, though, that opportunity comes with England and, for the former Everton winger, that was the only outcome he was looking for.

“Our aim is to be the team that creates history - we have to aim to get out the group,” Robertson told Sky Sports.

“We look at the group and it’s a tough group, it’s a competitive group. But we believe that we can give any team a game and if we do that and we manage to get out the group then we’re the first Scotland team to ever do that.

“We’ve been trying to create our own history, we’ve been trying to create our own story within a nation that have had a lot of good teams in the past, a lot of legends of the game.

“We are trying to create a small part of history and we’ve managed to do that with the two tournaments [reaching Euro 2020 and Euro 2024] but to be able to qualify from the group would be a massive step and it would excel us even further and give us even more belief than we’ve already got.”

Scotland have two fixtures before heading to Germany.

They will play Gibraltar in Faro on June 3, and host Finland at Hampden Park on June 7.

There have also been two recalls to the squad for James Forrest and Ryan Jack.

Ben Doak is the big surprise call up in the squad, the youngster hasn’t played since December because of injury and is uncapped for Scotland.

Ross McCrorie is also uncapped but offers an option at right back, and plays for Bristol City.

Goalkeepers: Angus Gunn (Norwich City), Zander Clark (Hearts), Craig Gordon (Hearts), Liam Kelly (Motherwell).

Defenders: Andy Robertson (Liverpool), Kieran Tierney (Real Sociedad), Jack Hendry (Al Ettifaq), Ryan Porteous (Watford), Liam Cooper (Leeds United), Scott McKenna (FC Copenhagen), Grant Hanley (Norwich City), Greg Taylor (Celtic), John Souttar (Rangers), Anthony Ralston (Celtic), Ross McCrorie (Bristol City).

Midfielders: Callum McGregor (Celtic), Ryan Christie (Bournemouth), Billy Gilmour (Brighton & Hove Albion), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Kenny McLean (Norwich City), Scott McTominay (Manchester United), Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), Ryan Jack (Rangers).

Forwards: Lyndon Dykes (Queen’s Park Rangers), Che Adams (Southampton), Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), Ben Doak (Liverpool), James Forrest (Celtic).

The provisional squad will be announced in around 2 minutes’ time.

The squad is expected to have 28 players, before being slimmed down to 26, which has to be finalised by June 6.

England named 33 players in their provisional squad, but Scotland are expected to include fewer.