Former Rangers and Scotland right back believes Celtic's Anthony Ralston faces battle to be first choice at Euro 2024

Alan Hutton reckons Anthony Ralston faces a battle to convince Scotland boss Steve Clarke he can be his first-choice right-back for Euro 2024.

The position has been put up for grabs following injuries to regulars Aaron Hickey and Nathan Patterson which has ruled the duo out of the tournament.

And in Scotland's 2-0 win over Gibraltar last night in their penultimate warm-up match before facing Germany on June 14 in the tournament opener, Bristol City's Ross McCrorie was handed his Scotland debut in the position while Celtic ace Ralston remained on the bench as an unused substitute.

Bellshill-born Ralston is seen as many observers' pick to start in Munich, despite playing fewer minutes than McCrorie since the turn of the year, but ex-Scotland and Rangers right-back Hutton feels it could go the way of either player - and Friday night's friendly at Hampden with Finland will determine who gets the nod at the Allianz Arena.

Hutton told Premier Sports: "I would imagine we see Ralston against Finland. We'd been speaking beforehand that we felt the Finland game would be close to the starting line-up against Germany so it is a huge game for him.

"I think the battle is between those two. You are going to miss a bit going forward with the likes of Hickey and Patterson not being there, so it is up to the boys in the squad at this moment in time to go and show the manager they are capable, which of course they are. It was a big opportunity for Ross tonight and it will be a big opportunity on Friday for Anthony.

"I think both have attributes that fill that [spot] perfectly. They both like to defend, they like one-v-ones, they can get forward and get involved in attacks. McCrorie plays that way down at Bristol and Ralston has played at a