Andy Robertson slams 'unacceptable' Scotland schedule as skipper urges FIFA to see sense

Andy Robertson has branded FIFA’s plan to give Scotland players less than two weeks off at the end of the season as "unacceptable".

The national skipper insists the governing body must allow war-torn Ukraine all the time they need to decide when is best to play us in the World Cup play-offs.

But Robertson is adamant player welfare has to be taken into account and other fixtures must be dropped to make way for the World Cup clash whenever Ukraine can play.

Steve Clarke ’s men could be forced into SIX competitive fixtures at the end of a long, hard season in June.

The Scots are pencilled in for four Nations League matches in June but if Ukraine are in a position to take part in the play-off, Robbo’s team would have that one and possibly a ‘final’ against Wales.

The Liverpool full-back is adamant the plight of the Ukrainian people is the absolute priority and is happy for the match to take place only when their players are ready to kick a ball again.

Robertson, who has recovered from Covid and will win his 56th cap in Austria on Tuesday, said: “It was 100 per cent the right decision to call it off in March. It was impossible to ask Ukraine to play the game.

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