As clubs everywhere nervously await the return of their players amid an international break and a global pandemic, Rangers fans are questioning why one player has travelled with Scotland at all.
Back-up Scotland keeper Jon McLaughlin has been a consummate professional at Ibrox and a superb summer addition, proving ample competition for Rangers number one Allan McGregor.
But after Craig Gordon was given the back-up nod for Scotland in their 1-0 defeat to Slovakia, the club’s supporters are asking why Jon McLaughlin is being risked.
Scotland number one David Marshall was the hero in Serbia as he saved Alexander Mitrovic’s penalty and he was rested for the match with Slovakia.
Craig Gordon has only just been recalled to the Scotland team but he was preferred to Rangers star McLaughlin meaning the Ibrox goalie has been unused in the last three Scotland squads.
Being the ultimate professional, McLaughlin himself might be non-plussed and be more than willing to travel along when duty calls.
But with fears about players contracting Covid-19 in transit Rangers fans have raised question marks over why the player needs to break his bubble if there is no intention to play him.
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Rangers signed ex-Hearts stopper Jon McLaughlin, 33, on a free in the summer after his contract expired with Sunderland as the Gers looked for competition to Ibrox number one Allan McGregor.
After an early-season injury to Greegsy, McLaughlin played a pivotal role in a record-breaking run of seven clean sheets to start the season.
