Scotland striker Dykes ruled out of Euro 2024

Scotland striker Lyndon Dykes will miss Euro 2024 aft sustaining a training crushed wounded connected Friday.

The 28-year-old has netted 9 times successful 36 caps and played successful each 8 Euro qualifiers, starting 5 and scoring once.

Scotland unfastened nan tourney against hosts Germany connected 14 June.

Che Adams and Lawrence Shankland are nan only different centre-forwards successful Steve Clarke's squad.

"All nan boys are gutted for Lyndon, it's conscionable a freak point to happen," midfielder Ryan Christie told BBC Scotland a fewer hours anterior to confirmation of Dykes' enforced withdrawal.

"We've had a fewer injuries already, truthful it's frustrating.

"He's been disconnected for a while pinch nan Championship [finishing connected 4 May] and I cognize really difficult he worked connected his weeks disconnected to hole for this tournament.

"It's conscionable 1 of those things. There's not overmuch we tin opportunity to him astatine this point. We're conscionable trying to get down him and I'm judge he'll beryllium supporting on.

"It adds different logic for america to beryllium hopeless to do good for him and nan remainder of nan country."

Scotland are already missing Brentford's Aaron Hickey, chap right-back Nathan Patterson of Everton and Bologna midfielder Lewis Ferguson done injury.

Assistant head John Carver said connected Thursday that everyone who joined up pinch nan provisional 28-man squad was "in bully condition" but urged them not to do thing "silly" successful training arsenic Scotland "can't afford" much injuries.

Southampton midfielder Stuart Armstrong and Rangers centre-half John Souttar trained separately from nan main group connected Thursday aft sitting retired nan extremity of nan play pinch their clubs.

Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay, Nottingham Forest centre-back Scott McKenna, Celtic left-back Greg Taylor and Liverpool winger Ben Doak were absent from nan first time of training.

Uncapped Doak only precocious resumed training astatine his nine pursuing knee room successful December while midfielder Ryan Jack has only played 13 minutes for Rangers since 10 February.