Porteous says people read too much into his Euro 2024 red card

Scotland defender Ryan Porteous says people have read too much into his Euro 2024 red card against Germany.

He was sent off for a challenge on Ilkay Gundogan, and Scotland went on to lose the opening match 5-1.

Porteous says the red card never came up in his conversations with Steve Clarke after the tournament or during the next qualifying campaign.

Clarke told him to keep doing what he was doing and said he would likely need other players to lose form to get back into the squad.

Porteous accepts that competition for places shaped his absence, and says he does not see what happened as unfair.

After Clarke left the role, Porteous texted him, and Clarke replied that he was eager to see him back in the squad.