The father of Real Madrid youngster Jack Harper has revealed that Spain have been in contact over his son 's international status following the 19-year-old 's Scotland snub . Harper was a shock omission from Ricky Sbragia 's Scotland Under 19 squad ahead of key clashes against Austria , Italy and Croatia with the former Sunderland manager citing 'purely tactical ' reasons . Now , Harper 's father John has warned Scotland that they could be in danger of losing his son to the Spanish national side . Real Madrid youngster Jack Harper has been left out of the latest Scotland Under 19 squad . Scotland Under 19s manager Ricky Sbragia claimed the reasons were 'purely tactical ' Among Harper 's coaches at Real Madrid are former France international Zinedine Zidane ( centre ) He told the Daily Record : 'The day after Scotland announced the Under 19 squad , and Jack wasn ’ t included , Spain were on the phone asking about his position and international status . 'Their national academy is just a few miles from Real Madrid ’ s own training ground , so they know about Jack because they watch his team often enough . ' Despite being left out of Sbragia 's latest UEFA Under 19 Championship squad , Harper 's father insists that the Madrid starlet remains committed to Scotland . John added : 'Jack wants to play for Scotland . I ’ m Scottish , so is his mum and the rest of the family . He is committed to Scotland , but if nothing is happening by the time he is 21 then he will have a decision to make because he has a life and a career to fulfil . Hopefully , it won ’ t come to that . ' Harper 's father was contacted by Spain shortly after his son 's international snub . Sbragia also still believes Harper , who was born in Spain , has a big future ahead of him in a Scotland shirt . He said : 'He 's an exceptionally gifted lad , but sometimes we ca n't carry him . He can be a luxury sometimes . In some cases , if it 's going well , he can be a good luxury . ' 'Listen , Jack 's time will come . The last time I spoke to him , he wanted to really settle in at Real Madrid and find a place there . That 's been a big thing for him . ' I 've gone with the boys I 've seen most in the last six months . We keep tabs on Jack and see video clips of him . We have people over there who keep their eye on him . 'There are others I 've left out like Dominic Thomas at Motherwell who will have gripes that they 're not in the squad . 'But I 've picked a group of 18 which will hopefully do well for us . It 's my opinion and I 'm not saying it 's right . But the squad I 've picked is an extremely strong one . ' I can only pick 18 when I really could have picked 26 or 27 . I 've gone for a physical side and runners . Hopefully I 'm right . 'It 's purely tactical and there certainly has n't been a lack of enthusiasm from Jack about playing for Scotland . ' Harper is currently midway through a five-year deal with Real Madrid and is tipped to have a big future .
Jack Harper has been left out of the Scotland Under 18 squad . Harper 's father claims Spain have asked about his international status . Scotland boss Ricky Sbragia claimed the reason was 'purely tactical ' Harper is currently on a five-year deal at Real Madrid . CLICK HERE for the latest Real Madrid news .