article_snippet: Mark Wotte – McClair’s predecessor – dubbed the Real Madrid youth player Scotland’s answer to Robin van Persie.
article_snippet: Scotland boss Gordon Strachan –
article_snippet: no giant himself – washed Scotland boss Gordon Strachan – hands of the matter on Tuesday, saying: ‘
article_snippet: That was the fate of Feruz – the ‘wonderkid’ who turned no man back on Scotland and was last heard of having a loan deal at Blackpool cancelled.
article_snippet: Before leaving no man post last October, Wotte urged Scottish youth football to rid Scottish youth football of the ‘win at all costs’ mentality and develop skills.
article_snippet: Taller than Aiden McGeady and James McCarthy, the Glasgow-born Everton stars allowed to slip through the SFA’s fingers and play for the Republic of Ireland instead.
article_snippet: The worry is that when the SFA host European Championship games at Hampden in 2020, the nation will finally get the chance to see the prodigious talent of Harper.