The Three Lions boss has made the admission ahead of the pair's meeting at Hampden.
Gareth Southgate has confirmed England are trying to steal Elliot Anderson from under Steve Clarke’s nose.
The Whitley Bay-born 20-year-old qualifies for Scotland through his father’s mother, who was born in Glasgow. The Newcastle midfielder has played for Scotland at all the age-group levels from under-16 up. However, he has withdrawn from a number of recent Scotland under-21 squads to keep his options open having represented England under-21 in an unofficial friendly against the Arsenal under-23 side in March 2022.
Southgate, whose squad are training at the Rangers Training Centre ahead of the Hampden clash, said: “We liked him and we do like him. He’s a player that’s doing really well. “Let’s see - that’s something that John and others at our organisation will be picking up. He’s definitely a player we like.”“I think he’s played too many games at senior level,” he said of Brighton’s Irish international striker who was born in Bettystown but has an English mother.
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