Steve Clarke has assured Jack Hendry that moving to Saudi Arabia WON’T hinder his Scotland career. The 28-year-old defender secured a life-changing £6.5million move to Steven Gerrard’s Al Ettifaq this summer.
In the Saudi Pro League, Hendry will come up against superstar strikers like Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Aleksandar Mitrovic, who have all gone to the Middle East.
But Clarke has revealed the former Celtic centre-back consulted him before agreeing on the deal. And the Scotland boss told him that, as long as he’s playing well in Saudi Arabia, he’ll continue to pick him.
Clarke said: “I spoke to Jack Hendry. He gave me a call. I wasn’t going to say: ‘I’m not going to pick you because you’re going to Saudi’.