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Barry Douglas knows he has plenty of competition for Scotland left-back role

Barry Douglas.
Barry Douglas.

Barry Douglas relished his first taste of international football but the Wolves left-back knows he faces intense competition in his efforts to keep his place in the Scotland squad.

Former Dundee United player Douglas made his national team debut as a 67th minute substitute in Tuesday’s 1-0 friendly victory over Hungary in Budapest, replacing Liverpool’s Andy Robertson, another ex-Tannadice man.

With Celtic’s Kieran Tierney also vying for the position, Douglas will take nothing for granted but he is up for the challenge of remaining involved.

Douglas said: “It was obviously nice to finally get on the park, play a bit of football and finally make my debut for Scotland.

“It is always an honour to play for your country, albeit it was a friendly.

“Everyone involved was a good player. It was just a different style. The expectation of every nation is to get a win so it is maybe a bit less relaxed than it is at club level. The game on Tuesday night was pretty end-to-end even though it was a friendly. But it something for me to adapt to and get used to.

“There are very good players in my position. I am maybe a bit unfortunate that there are two up-and-coming players who are in my position, but such is life.

“You don’t get anything easy in football. It just means whoever is playing has to be producing all the time. I just need to keep doing well for my club. If it happens, brilliant. If not, then so be it.”

Douglas has enjoyed an excellent campaign with Wolves, who he joined from Turkish outfit Konyaspor in the summer, with the West Midlands outfit currently leading the Championship with only eight matches left.

The 28-year-old, who also had a previous spell playing in Poland with Lech Poznan, is determined to finish the job off and become a Premier League player.

He added:  “I have had quite a successful season. Hopefully it continues. I will go back to Wolves now and try to be part of the final push for promotion with my club.

“It is still a big if. We are not there yet. Wolves still need to keep playing well. We have got eight more cup finals and then hopefully we can achieve what we set out to do and get promoted. We will see what happens from there.”