Dundee United’s Rado Cierzniak is willing to give up on his dream of winning a cap for Poland to continue playing at Tannadice.
The big keeper knows he is well down his country’s pecking order with a host of goalies ahead of him, such as former Celtic stopper Artur Boruc.
Cierzniak believes that if he was to fight his way into national coach Adam Nawalka’s thinking, he would have to move to a club with a higher profile.
However, that is something he is not willing to do as he and his family enjoy life in and around Dundee so much.
He said: “I don’t know about playing international football because Poland has strong goalkeepers.
“At the moment, Artur Boruc may be injured, but Arsenal goalkeepers Wojciech Szczesny and Lukas Fabianski are playing well and there are also some good young ones in the Polish league.
“If I ever wanted to play in the national side, I would probably have to change my team.
“The people of Poland look to the Scottish league and it’s not so popular, although they do have respect for the Scottish league.
“To be honest, I don’t care so much what people say. Of course it is my dream, but the important thing for me is that I am happy here with Dundee United, my family is living here and my club is doing well.
“Every day I enjoy going to the club, we have great facilities and this is the most important thing.
“We still have a chance to win the Scottish Cup, we still have a chance to finish second or third in the table and I’m very positive.”
Cierzniak though was not so happy with the performance and result last Saturday when he and his United team-mates lost at McDiarmid Park to their Scottish Cup Final opponents St Johnstone.
But the keeper says the 2-0 defeat in Perth will have little or no bearing on the showpiece occasion at Celtic Park next month.
He said: “I think the performance at St Johnstone last weekend was not good and we’re just happy to look ahead to the next match. It brings new hopes, so we forget about McDiarmid Park.
“I know we have a good team, but we can’t continue playing like we did there. I don’t like making excuses, but when the pitches are hard and bobbly, we can’t play the ball around quickly.
“That might be a bit of a problem, but we stay positive for the future matches. I have very big respect for St Johnstone. They have beaten us the last three times, but I know the Scottish Cup final will be a very different game.”