Gordon Strachan talks ahead of Celtic Kilmarnock game

Barry Ferguson and Alan Hutton are back in the Scotland squad for the friendly against Diego Maradona's Argentina. Manager George Burley named both players in his 26-man squad for the match at Hampden Park on November 19 and he recalled Cardiff striker Ross McCormack despite his recent hamstring injury. Ferguson has not played for Scotland since Burley took charge because he has been plagued by an ankle injury, while Hutton has only recently made a recent return to the Tottenham team after recovering from a broken foot. Burley said: "I don't think Ferguson is 100 per cent fit yet. But there are another two games that Rangers have to play so we will be looking at that carefully. "He got 35 minutes against Kilmarnock on Sunday, so it's a case of looking at it and speaking to Barry but it's great to include him in the squad." Stephen McManus also returns to the Scotland squad after missing the World Cup qualifier against Norway through suspension. Celtic manager Gordon Strachan said he had no qualms about Burley naming Gary Caldwell, Stephen McManus, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Shaun Maloney and Barry Robson in the. Strachan said: "There's nothing I can do about players being called up. If they are called up, they are called up, and we will get on with it. "To get six players in the same international side is some going."

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ITN | November 11, 2008

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