Scotland fans sadly won't be able to see Lyndon Dykes in action for the national team at Euro 2024 this summer.
However, those watching tonight's warm-up friendly against Finland will be able to hear from the injured Queens Park Rangers striker first hand as he joins Emma Dodds, Rory Hamilton and Michael Stewart in the the Premier Sports TV studio.
The broadcaster tweeted: "Lyndon Dykes in studio. A massive miss for Scotland at Euro 2024, but part of our team for coverage of tonight's game against Finland."
Dykes has also been offered the chance to still join the Scotland squad over in Germany after featuring heavily during qualification into the tournament.
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On losing Dykes from the squad, Scots boss Steve Clarke said: “Nobody replicates what Lyndon brings. Lyndon brings what he does, what his qualities are.
“One of the best phone calls I have ever made as the head coach of Scotland was to Lyndon, right at the very start when he had the option of Scotland or Australia.
“Since then, we have had a great relationship. Lyndon is devastated that he is not going but I am really disappointed myself that he is not going.
“It wasn’t good. It was quite near the end of the session as well, which always seems to hurt a little bit more. We just stopped the session after that, there was no point in carrying on.
“It was just the way he landed on his ankle. That was it. No connection with any player. He was trying to get on the end of a cross and it was just the way he landed.”
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