RYAN FRASER and Grant Hanley look set to miss out on Thursday's Euro 2020 play-off final against Serbia after the two players sat out their clubs' games at the weekend.
Newcastle winger Fraser missed his side's defeat to Southampton with a hamstring injury while a similar issue ruled Norwich centre-half Hanley out of his side's 1-0 win over Swansea on Saturday.
Scotland assistant Steven Reid has said that the injured pair are not expected to join up with the rest of the squad and will not fly out to Belgrade. However, the rest of the players called up are expected to travel as originally planned.
Reid said: "Ryan and Grant Hanley at the moment are struggling. It's disappointing. Grant has missed a little bit of football and unfortunately is not going to be with us, and Ryan as well.
"He performed really well in the past camp so that is a blow but we have got strength in depth.
"We have obviously bigger numbers than usual in the squad and feel as if we have a squad which is capable of competing well at our strongest in the Serbia game and going into the two Nations League games after."
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