Monday 7 November 2016 19:38, UK
Scotland assistant Mark McGhee expects Scott Brown to be fit to make his international comeback against England on Friday.
Brown, who has made himself available for selection after previously announcing his retirement from international football, went off with a dead leg during Celtic's win over Inverness on Saturday but is confident of being ready for the World Cup Qualifier at Wembley.
Steven Fletcher is an injury concern, however, after picking up a knock on his knee during Sheffield Wednesday's 2-1 defeat by Ipswich and is being assessed by the Scotland medical staff, but McGhee is expecting Brown to be available.
"He [Brown] had a bit of a dead leg but I don't think there is any concern about his fitness," McGhee said.
"Steven Fletcher, there is a little bit of concern about him but other than that, everyone else is okay to go. The ones who trained today played on Saturday and the ones who played on Sunday will train tomorrow."
The players and manager Gordon Strachan came in for criticism after a disappointing double header in October saw Scotland take just one point from fixtures against Lithuania and Slovakia in Group F.
However, McGhee says the current squad is more than capable of getting a result at Wembley.
"Regardless of the circumstances of previous results, when this draw was made for the group, for me, that was the standout fixture," he said. "That was the fixture that I wanted to be a part of more than any other fixture in that draw.
"Were we top of the group I don't think we'd want to go there and win any less than we do because of the circumstances in the group at the moment so it is just a fixture that looks after itself.
"I think we have a group of players who are certainly voicing - and this morning the group we trained with, the enthusiasm as usual - seemed to have the appetite to go and try do well at Wembley."
The Scotland assistant, who is also the Motherwell boss, revealed Andy Murray is expected to be among more than 13,000 Scotland fans at Wembley and he called upon the players to take inspiration from the Wimbledon champion's advancement to No 1 in the world tennis rankings.
"Even better than that, my understanding is that he is coming to the game," he said.
"For the players to know that he is up there and for the players to replicate some sort of the achievement that he has, I think every single one of them are huge Andy Murray fans and totally respect the achievement of what he has done for himself and the country.
"To emulate that in some way would be just fantastic."
