Hibs’ midfielder John McGinn is delighted to have earned a call up for the Scotland National Team’s match against Denmark on 29 March at Hampden Park.
The 21-year-old has been in fine form for Hibs this season, and makes the step up from the Scotland under-21s into the fold of the senior squad.
He is currently in La Cala preparing for Sunday’s Scottish League Cup final and he hopes that the news will add an edge to his game.
Speaking to Hibs TV at the squad’s training camp he said: “I’m delighted, as a young boy it is something as a young boy that you look to try to achieve. All I have been given is an opportunity and I hope to grab it with both hands.
“It’s a massive credit to all my team-mates and everyone else at the club – I couldn’t have done it without them.
“It was a massive surprise, I was only concentrating on the Under-21 squad. Obviously I have aspirations and I am ambitious but I’m realistic and as captain of the Under 21s I was looking forward to the games against France and Northern Ireland so when I got the phone call it was a surprise but a positive one.
“When I first started playing for Scotland I didn’t get used to it much but I have played a lot of games now at youth level and I feel as if I have adapted to international level.
“I think I will only be involved in one game but I’m no too bothered, I’m just delighted to get the chance and even in training to show what I can do and learn off the senior pros. I’m just going to go there, learn and try to impress as much as I can.
“There are a lot of great players in the country so I will need to be at the top of my game to show the coaching staff in Scotland what I can do.
“It should add another edge to my game. I have got the confidence now that people are watching me and thinking that I am a good player now I have to think that as well.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
