SCOTLAND are set to be hit with another defensive problem for their Nations League double-header with Croatia and Portugal after Scott McKenna suffered a hamstring injury.
Steve Clarke's side have been missing injured trio Kieran Tierney, Aaron Hickey and Nathan Patterson with long-term setbacks while Greg Taylor, Liam Cooper and Jack Hendry all didn't feature in the squad for the defeats to Poland and Portugal last month.
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Now Las Palmas stopper McKenna has been laid low with a hamstring injury suffered during training and looks extremely doubtful to make the matches in Zagreb and Glasgow.
A statement from the La Liga club said: "Scott McKenna has a muscle injury in his left hamstring, which occurred during the training session held at the Ciudad Deportiva.
"The time he will be out depends on his reactions to the injury."
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McKenna has been involved in Scotland's last six games and has started the last three of them including the 1-0 defeat to Hungary in the final game of Euro 2024 in Stuttgart.
The former Aberdeen stopper has made five appearances for his new club in La Liga so far.
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