Angus Gunn hopes to savour atmosphere of Euro 2028 with Scotland
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Angus Gunn has established himself as Scotland's number one in recent months
Euro 2024 qualifying: Spain v Scotland |
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Venue: Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville Date: Thursday, 12 October Kick-off: 19:45 BST |
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Qualification for 2024 is not yet assured, but Angus Gunn cannot help get excited about the prospect of Scotland reaching three European Championship finals in a row.
With the 2028 competition co-hosted by the UK and Republic of Ireland, the Norwich City goalkeeper, 27, reckons it will be "an amazing thing".
"It's big, making sure the next generation believe they can get to those major tournaments," he said. "Financially, it helps with the SFA. It all adds up."
Gunn was not part of the Scotland squad that ended a 23-year wait for major tournament football by reaching the delayed Euro 2020, which had games played at Hampden Park and Wembley.
But he is now the established number one, conceding just one goal in five victories so far on the road to Germany 2024.
Last month's 3-1 friendly defeat by England did not go so well, but a deafening crowd in Glasgow gave Gunn a hint of what 2028 might feel like.
"The last game against England is a taste of what the atmosphere will be, so hopefully I'm still kicking around for that," he said.
"For the fans and for the whole country it will be an amazing thing.
"The last time it happened it was during the time of Covid and that took away from it a bit. Hopefully for the next one everything goes well and we can be there over in Germany next summer and then back over here to the UK and Ireland - there will be some atmosphere at all the games."
Gunn represented England from under-16 to under-21 level but committed his future to Scotland earlier this year.
"It's been a bit of a whirlwind but it's been unbelievable and hopefully there's more to come," he explained.
"Things have gone from strength to strength for me and it's given me the boost that I needed in my career."
Sitting on maximum points from five matches, Scotland can seal a place at Euro 2024 if they avoid defeat in Seville on Thursday - or if Norway fail to win away to Cyprus on the same night.
"We've put ourselves in a really strong position to win the group," added Gunn. "It's going to be difficult but, from our point of view, why not?"
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