Liverpool youngster Ben Doak has withdrawn from Scotland's Euro 2024 squad due to injury.
The 18-year-old played in Liverpool's first five games last season, featuring in the Premier League, once in the Carabao Cup and three times in the Europa League, and would probably have featured more had he not missed the squad. campaign after knee surgery.
Doak was included in Scotland's 28-man squad for the Euros – his first senior call-up – but was forced to withdraw days after Queens Park Rangers striker Lyndon Dykes was ruled out with a knee injury.
The versatile striker has played seven times for Scotland's Under-21s, scoring two goals, and is widely regarded as one of Liverpool's brightest prospects. He joined the Reds from Celtic in March 2022 for a fee of around £600,000.
Liverpool have a number of other players preparing to compete at Euro 2024, including England quartet Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones and Jarell Quansah, who have been included in Gareth Southgate's 33-man initial squad, and Andrew Robertson, who will be captain. In Scotland.
Virgil van Dijk and Cody Gakpo will represent the Netherlands, while Ibrahima Konate will hope to start for France. Dominik Szoboszlai is one of Hungary's marquee players and there are high hopes for Diogo Jota and Portugal – their first Euro 2024 squad is on paper one of the strongest in the competition.
Luis Diaz, Alisson Becker, Alexis Mac Allister and Darwin Nunez played in the Copa America, which they turned to Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay respectively.
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