Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has backed Charlie Adam for a Scotland re-call after hitting back at suggestions that the midfielder is overweight.

 

The 29-year-old notched his third goal in four games and played for the entire 90 minutes in Saturday's 1-1 draw at home to Sunderland.

And Hughes reckons the former Rangers and Blackpool playmaker can transfer his current form onto the international stage.

Adam has been omitted from recent Scotland squads and has not played international football since making a substitute appearance in the friendly win over Poland in March 2014.

Hughes said: "If he (Strachan) rings up, I will give him an honest report. Maybe he deserves another chance, he's certainly affecting games.

"In the past you get to about 65 or 70 minutes and you think his effect on the game was possibly waning, then look to make a change and Charlie was the obvious choice. But that's not the case now.

"People questioned his weight, but that's never been an issue, it's just his shape and body make-up, and he knows how to manage himself through games."