Ben Doak set to be unleashed at Hampden send off as Liverpool starlet catches eye of Scotland boss Steve Clarke

Ben Doak is in line to make a stunning Scotland debut at Hampden next month at the Tartan Army’s big Euros send-off.

Liverpool’s wonderkid was named as wildcard inclusion in Steve Clarke’s provisional squad 28-man squad for this summer’s tournament in Germany - despite spending most of the season on Jurgen Klopp’s casualty list and only recently returning to first team training. Doak’s call-up was one of a number of bold moves by the manager who also reinstated Old Firm veterans James Forrest and Ryan Jack while drafting in uncapped Bristol City defender Ross McCrorie to offer cover as an emergency right back.

Clarke says all three of those players will now be in contention - along with Celtic’s Anthony Ralston - to plug the gap left by injuries to Araon Hickey and Nathan Patterson which have ruled both his first and second picks out of the running. But it’s the fast-tracking of 18-year-old attacker Doak which is likely to fire up the imagination of fans turning up at the national stadium on June 7 for Scotland’s farewell friendly against Finland. And Clarke is already planning to get the youngster - who Klopp views as a potential long term replacement for Mo Salah - into a dark blue shirt.

Asked if Doak might win a first full cap in either of the two remaining preparation matches - the first of which comes against Gibraltar in the Algarve a week on Monday, Clarke said: “He is fit and back training with his club. He did a little bit with the team last week and we will speak to his club. We will keep in touch with them and, from the two games, the first game might come a little bit too soon. But maybe in the second game he can get some minutes on the pitch if I choose to do that.”

And Clarke went on to admit Doak is a