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Image source, SNSDefender Max Johnston believes the recent success of Scots abroad will be of huge help to the national team as they build towards the upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.
Johnston was part of the Sturm Graz side that clinched back-to-back league titles to mark another silverware winning season in Austria.
That, alongside Serie A success for Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour with Napoli, and Lewis Ferguson captaining Bologna to the Coppa Italia, gives Johnston the belief that a winning mentality is growing throughout Steve Clarke's squad.
In the build-up to the friendly double-header against Iceland and Liechtenstein, the xx-year-old said: "It was really enjoyable for me winning the league over in Austria.
"It's amazing to see how many trophies in so many different countries the boys have won. It's amazing to see Scottish players doing so well abroad.
"It's really encouraging for us that players are starting to win titles and cups now so I think that's going to be huge for us.
"As a footballer you want to be a winner. It's great to see and I think it will be a huge help to us. It'll definitely help us."
The former Motherwell wing-back has one cap, a brief cameo in the 1-0 win in Greece in the Nations League play-off first leg in March, and is keen to build on that and the Champions League experience he gained last term.
"I've got a small taste for it and it's just made me hungry for more," Johnston said.
"It is a huge honour to be involved in the squad again and coming off a good camp, last camp for me personally.
"Any opportunity I get to represent my country is obviously an amazing opportunity. I love it.
"I feel like I've improved, definitely, by getting the amount of minutes that I've managed to get.
"As a footballer you need to play to continue to learn. I've been learning and improving every week.
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BBC Sport Scotland
Image source, Getty ImagesThe success of Italy's Scottish imports has been widely covered in recent seasons, a hype which has reached new heights in the past 12 months with Napoli's Serie A title success.
Scott McTominay was the leading light for Antonio Conte's side, while Billy Gilmour also played a crucial role as they beat Inter to the Scudetto.
Elsewhere, Lewis Ferguson won the Coppa Italia with Bologna, Che Adams scored 10 goals for Torino and Josh Doig helped Sassuolo to the Serie B title.
One man who knows the ins and outs of Scottish and Italian football more than most is Kilmarnock icon Manuel Pascali, who now commentates on Serie A alongside a burgeoning coaching career.
"McTominay has been incredible. He was the difference in terms of presence and leadership," Pascali told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.
"All credit to Gilmour as well. When he has been called into action, he was incredible. Such a composed played, tidy on the ball."
When asked to explain why Scottish players tend to thrive in Italian football, Pascali says it boils down to mentality.
"They are soldiers with a mission," he said. "This is what Scottish people are about. You can trust them, you can rely on them.
"For example, if Italian players don't play 10 games, they give up and want to swap teams.
"Watch Gilmour for example playing not many games, but every time he's been called, he was magnificent, the quality has never dropped."
Napoli's duo were not the only Scots to win silverware in the 2024-25 season and Pascali says Ferguson's success with Bologna means he is now viewed as an honorary Italian.
"Ferguson is almost Italian now because he's been for Bologna three seasons," Pascali said. "At the moment he is the skipper.
"They won the Italian Cup after 41 years. I was at the game at the Stadio Olimpico. I saw him and had a chat with a couple of his friends coming from Scotland with the Scottish flag on."
Adams' Torino finished 11th in Italy's top flight after a flying start to the campaign and Pascali says the former Southampton striker is best deployed in a front two.
"Torino started very well," Pascali said. "Adams did a nice job, scoring nine league goals. The main difference was an injury to Duvan Zapata, who was the main man up top playing alongside Adams.
"Adams is the kind of striker you want in your team, he runs a lot, he is quick and powerful. He needs to play with another striker though."
And Pascali touched on Doig's Sassuolo, who he says were simply too strong for the other sides in Serie B.
"Sassuolo last season had a nightmare - they basically got relegated because they lost Domenico Berardi to injury.
"Doig is a player who has a great engine and Sassuolo were too good in Serie B."
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Image source, Getty ImagesScott McTominay and Billy Gilmour are in their first season with Napoli
Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay scored a spectacular scissor-kick volley to help Napoli beat Cagliari 2-0 and secure their fourth Serie A title.
McTominay, who was joined in the starting line-up by fellow Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour, has scored 12 goals and contributed four assists throughout the campaign and was named Serie A Player of the Season shortly after the conclusion of the game.
They become the first Scots to lift the Italian title since Jack Diment and James Squair helped Juventus finish top for the first time in 1905.
With second-placed Internazionale leading 2-0 at Como, Napoli had to win to finish top of Serie A.
Gilmour was denied a first senior goal of his own by a fine save from visiting goalkeeper Alen Sherri as the hosts dominated the opening stages.
But McTominay, who joined Napoli from Manchester United in a £25.7m move in August, made the breakthrough when he acrobatically connected with Matteo Politano's right-wing cross.
Romelu Lukaku sealed it with Napoli's second goal after the break as they celebrated becoming Italian champions again having done so in 1986-87, 1989-90 and 2022-23.
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Image source, SNSHead coach Steve Clarke says he has "always had an eye on" Kieron Bowie after handing the Hibernian striker his first Scotland call-up.
The 22-year-old forward has six goals in 22 appearances in all competitions for the Easter Road club this season after battling back from a hamstring injury he picked up on Under-21 duty.
"He's had a good season, Kieron is one I've always had my eye on from the Under-21s," Clarke said after naming his squad for the upcoming friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein.
"Any time I watched the Under-21s he always stood out. He's big, physical and strong with good attributes to his game.
"Going into the summer, you've got Lawrence Shankland and Kevin Nisbet, I know what they can bring, so it was just to have a look at something a little bit different and see if we can expand the pool of players.
"I keep talking about trying to get an overall bigger pool of players that we can select from and these games are a chance to look at one or two.
"You're looking for somebody to catch your eye. You want competition between them.
"That's why sometimes when you bring in some of the younger boys, the older boys are suddenly looking over their shoulder and thinking, 'aye, aye, he's thinking of something different'. It keeps them on their toes as well."
Image source, SNSSteve Clarke addressed the media after naming his Scotland squad for friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein in June.
Here are the key things the head coach said:
First-time call-up Kieron Bowie is one Clarke has "always had an eye on" and has called him up to "look at something a little bit different".
The upcoming friendlies present a "good chance" to look at "one or two" different players in the hope of expanding the pool of players available.
With that in mind, the head coach did admit the goalkeeping department was "an area of concern" with Craig Gordon and Liam Kelly both ruled out through injury while Robbie McCrorie and Cieran Slicker have had limited minutes.
Clarke joked he is on the search for players with "Scottish grannies".
Clarke's assistant, John Carver, has been nominated for manager of the year in Poland and while he admits he'd "never hear the end of it" he hopes Carver wins and he can continue to serve in both posts.
He noted that Aaron Hickey was "close to selection, but not close to playing".
