CRAIG GORDON says he knows he may have to leave Celtic in January to save his dream of helping Scotland to a major tournament.
The keeper got his first start since September as an under-strength Celtic side went down by two goals to nil to Cluj last night in Romania, with the Scottish champions already having secured top spot in Europa League Group E.
Gordon wants to force his way into Scotland manager Steve Clarke’s plans though for the Euro 2020 play-off fixtures in March, and he acknowledges that the only way to do that may be to seek regular first-team football away from Celtic Park with Fraser Forster in such fine form as first-choice keeper.
“The team hasn’t changed much, it’s been the same boys going out week in-week out,” Gordon said.
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“They’ve been fantastic and hardly put a foot wrong all season. There’s not much I can do about that and nothing to complain about, put it that way.
“But for my personal situation I want to play and put myself in a position where we have Scotland matches coming in March. We have an opportunity to get to a major finals and I’d love to be a part of that.
“I’d love to get back playing and give the Scotland manager something to think about, to try to get back into the squad and to try help the country achieve something we haven’t done for quite some time.
“I don’t know Celtic’s position, but I want to play games. If that’s not here, then I have to look at my options and see what comes in January.
“You want to have that in your power and control, to say when that time comes [to leave]. Sometimes that’s not the case. I’ll just have to see what the future holds.
“At the moment I’m really unsure so we’ll have to see how it plays out.”
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