Why Kevin Nisbet's Hibs injury hell was a 'blessing in disguise' as he promises Millwall he's ready to go

Up until now he’s been a bit-part player for Scotland. But Kevin Nisbet hopes a move to Millwall can help him become the country’s best striker by the time Euro 2024 comes round.

Most of the 26-year-old’s 10 caps have come from Steve Clarke’s bench. At Hampden in midweek he was a late replacement for Lyndon Dykes as they beat Georgia 2-0 on the road to Germany next summer. As well as the QPR frontman, Nisbet has Southampton’s Che Adams to get past as well if he wants to be Scotland’s No.9. But the forward, who has just left Hibs for the New Den in a £2million deal, believes he’s on the right track.

At the Euro 2020 finals two years ago, he could sense something special was brewing with Clarke’s squad. A knee injury curtailed his progress – for club and country – but Nisbet now looks back to his best. He feels Scotland are ready to qualify for another major tournament. And by heading to London to play in the English Championship against the likes of Adams and Dykes, he’s convinced it can take his game to another level.

Off the back of an international camp that saw Clarke’s team stay at the top of Group A in their qualifying campaign with a 100 per cent record, Nisbet said: “I was probably borderline for getting into the squad for the last Euros.

“But even then I could see it was on the rise. And since then it has just been improving all the time. We need to keep performing as a nation now. I think we’ve been doing that since then. To get 12 points already in this campaign is a fantastic return, especially in a very hard group.

“We’ve spoken in the changing room about taking it game by game. We want to keep churning out three points after three points. If we keep doing that, we’ll qualify for Germany which would be