Dominic Hyam has been in and out of squad’s for a number of years, but the 30-year-old finally made his first start at the Hill Dickinson Stadium last month.
A comfortable performance in the heart of defence caught many eyes, which – along with a potential injury to Grant Hanley – could see him make the plane.
One of Clarke’s most trusted operators, Hanley, hirpled off in Hibernian’s defeat to Motherwell on Saturday and head coach David Gray suggested he’d “overstretched his knee”.
While the stalwart centre-back is sweating over his fitness, his former Hibs team-mate Kieron Bowie is celebrating yet another goal in Serie A.
The 23-year-old stunned the San Siro on Sunday, equalising in stoppage-time for relegated-Hellas Verona to play party-pooper at Inter Milan’s title party.
Elsewhere in Italy, Lennon Miller has made squads on a regular basis of late, but failed to feature in either friendly, picking up the last of his four caps in the dying embers of the 2-1 win over Belarus in October.
It’s a nervy time for many, but for the lucky 26 players, the call they receive confirming their spot in Scotland’s World Cup squad will be the stuff of dreams.
