SCOTT Arfield told Herald Sport last night that he feels he has "nothing to prove" when he lines up for Canada against Scotland in an Easter Road friendly next month but revealed that some of his family will never understand his decision to declare his allegiance for the country of his father's birth.
Now into his second full season in the English top flight at Burnley, the 28-year-old, who earned 17 caps for the Scotland Under-21 side and appeared at B team level under George Burley, never graduated to Gordon Strachan's full Scotland side and finally abandoned his hopes around 12 months ago. Now in possession of a Canadian passport, this product of Livingston said he had no regrets about his change of allegiance and was "buzzing" for the chance to play against the nation of his birth on March 22. With Canada already eliminated from World Cup qualifying, it appears that neither of these two sides will be in Russia in 2018.
"While I don't think there is any ill feelings about it, some of my uncles and that don't understand why I didn't just keep waiting or how it [a Scotland cap] never happened," Arfield told Herald Sport. "Every squad that got announced up to a certain period they kept asking and to be fair I didn't know either.
"But I don't think I have got anything to prove to anybody," he added. "There are no hard feelings - I don't think there are any from their side and there is certainly none from mine. If I am selected to play for that game, it is one I will be buzzing for."
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