Andy Robertson says he teased Kenny Dalglish that he was “coming for” his Scotland caps record, with the skipper set to move to third on his nation’s all-time list.
Robertson will earn his 81st cap when he leads Scotland out for the first leg of their Nations League play-off against Greece on Thursday.
The Liverpool defender will move past Darren Fletcher (80) on his nation’s all-time list, with only Jim Leighton (91) and Dalglish (102) having appeared more times.
And the 31-year-old has no intention of slowing down just yet.
“I actually said to Kenny the other week, ‘I’m coming for you’. His reply was that plenty of players have said that before, and he’s still the main man,” Robertson told BBC Scotland.
“I love playing for Scotland, showing up for every camp, and I want to get as many caps as I can. Wherever that takes me, it takes me. I’m incredibly proud to get to 80.
“You just deal with what’s in front of you. There’s so much going on, you can’t look too far ahead. You need a bit of luck with injuries, but I do everything I can to make sure I’m in the best possible shape for Liverpool and Scotland.”
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Scotland are aiming to preserve their League A status in the Nations League, having finished third in Group A1 ahead of Poland following a dramatic 2-1 victory in Warsaw.
Robertson was pleased his nation “held our own” after a disappointing Euro 2024 campaign, in which they crashed out in the group stages with just one point from three matches.
“The Nations League has been important for us and the aim was always to get to League A,” said Robertson. “We then saw the rewards when we held our own against Portugal and Croatia.
“There was a lot of negativity after the Euros, and rightly so. We believed we could get out of the group, and we didn’t perform to the levels we know we can.
“There was a lot of talk around ‘is this the end for this squad?’ But I think we have bounced back really well.”
Attention will then turn to their bid to reach a first World Cup finals since 1998. Having already appeared at back-to-back European Championships, it would be the icing on the cake for Robertson.
“Hopefully, we have everyone fit, and we can give it a right good shot,” he added. “Playing at a World Cup would be the ultimate.”
