Robbie Ure Gets First Scotland Call-Up After Sevilla Move — SkimNews
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- Robbie Ure received his first senior Scotland call-up at age 22, named among six newcomers in new head coach Sebastien Pocognoli's debut squad
- Ure joined LaLiga side Sevilla for an initial £5.5m last month after scoring 31 goals in 50 games at Swedish club IK Sirius, describing his path as "a bit unusual for a Scottish player"
- Ure left the Rangers academy for Anderlecht in 2023 after finding no first-team route at Ibrox, calling the Belgian club "a step before the step" he needed
- Sebastien Pocognoli's first squad drops all strikers who traveled to the World Cup under Steve Clarke and 12 players from Clarke's final selection altogether
- Scotland open the Pocognoli era against Slovenia in Ljubljana on Saturday in the Nations League, a competition they were demoted into League B for after a play-off defeat by Greece last year
Why it matters: Scotland are entering a post-Clarke reset while playing in Nations League B after last year's Greece play-off loss, and Ure's £5.5m Sevilla transfer plus 31-goal Swedish record vaults him past every World Cup striker in the squad. For a 22-year-old told he had no path at Rangers three years ago, the call-up caps a deliberate three-year detour through Belgium and Sweden.
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