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Scotland captain Andy Robertson has made it clear that international retirement is not on his radar.
Instead, the Liverpool left-back has been playfully reminding Sir Kenny Dalglish that he is closing in on his national caps record.
The 31-year-old is set to earn his 81st cap on Thursday when Scotland faces Greece in the first leg of the Nations League play-off.
It will push him past Darren Fletcher into third place on Scotland’s all-time men’s appearances list, leaving only Jim Leighton (91) and Dalglish (102) ahead of him.
“I actually said to Kenny the other week, ‘I’m coming for you’,” Robertson told BBC Scotland. “His reply was plenty of players have said that before and he’s still the main man.”
Robertson’s international journey began under Gordon Strachan in 2014 while he was playing for Dundee United.
Four years later, Alex McLeish handed him the captain’s armband.
“I love playing for Scotland, showing up for every camp, and I want to get as many caps as I can,” Robertson added. “Wherever that takes me, it takes me. I’m incredibly proud to get to 80.
‘Maybe Steve Clarke stops picking me. Maybe that’s how it ends!’ 😅
Andy Robertson on chasing down Kenny Dalglish’s Scotland caps record 🧢#BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/vBTmNfAbkj
— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) March 18, 2025
“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.”
Robertson’s most recent international goal came in stoppage time against Poland last November, securing a 2-1 victory in Warsaw and clinching third place in Nations League Group A1.
Now, Scotland faces a crucial showdown against Greece to retain their spot in the top tier of the tournament.
The left-back believes the team has shown significant progress in their first-ever Group A campaign, finishing with seven points from the last three matches after a rough start.
“The Nations League has been important for us and the aim was always to get to Group A,” Robertson said. “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.”
Greece, currently ranked 39th in the world – six places above Scotland – finished second behind England in their B-level Nations League group on goal difference. Robertson acknowledged the challenge they present.
“They’re a really good team at home and don’t concede many goals,” he admitted. “It will be difficult but we believe we can give anyone a game.”
Scotland will meet Greece again later this year in World Cup qualifying, alongside Belarus and the losing side from the Portugal vs Denmark quarter-final.