By Ross Pilcher

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Veteran keeper Craig Gordon has made a shock return to the Scotland squad despite not featuring for Heats this season. The 41-year-old hasn’t featured for the table topping Jambos this season after suffering shoulder nerve damage. He played the first minute of his testimonial against former club Sunderland back in July and the capital club have been easing him back into training since. Gordon replaces Tynecastle teammate Zander Clark in Steve Clarke ‘s pool, but both face a fight to get game time in Gorgie after the signing of German goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow, who has started and kept a clean sheet in Hearts’ last two matches. That aside, it’s as you were from Clarke as he looks to build on the positive start made to the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, with no recall for Oli Burke despite his historic Bundesliga hat-trick for Union Berlin . A point in Norway was followed up with a win over Belarus and now Greece return to Hampden six months on from their 3-0 Nations league playoff second leg victory. Meanwhile Greece have recalled Bundesliga-based defender Dimitris Giannoulis for the vital World Cup clash in Scotland. But 47-times capped midfielder Dimitrios Pelkas has been left out after picking up a calf injury playing for PAOK. The Greeks are playing catch-up after losing their second qualifier at home to Denmark in a huge setback for them. They hammered Belarus in their opening game. They face the Scots in Glasgow and then have to travel to Copenhagen to try and gain revenge on the Danes And manager Ivan Jovanovic has handed a recall to former Norwich City left back Giannoulis, who missed the opening two qualifiers. Giannoulis, who now plays for Augsburg, has been capped 33 times by Greece and is set to line up at Hampden, where he played in a 3-0 win in the Nations League play-off in March. Goalkeepers Craig Gordon (Hearts) Angus Gunn (Nottingham Forest) Liam Kelly (Rangers) Defenders Grant Hanley (Hibs) Jack Hendry (Al Ettifaq) Aaron Hickey (Brentford) Scott McKenna (Dinamo Zagreb) Anthony Ralston (Celtic) Andy Roberston (Liverpool) John Souttar (Rangers) Kieran Tierney (Celtic) Midfielders Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) Ben Gannon-Doak (Bournemouth) Billy Gilmour (Napoli) John McGin (Aston Villa) Kenny McLean (Norwich City) Scott McTominay (Napoli) Lennon Miller (Udinese) Forwards Che Adams (Torino) Kieron Bowie (Hibs) Lyndon Dykes (Birmingham City) George Hirst (Ipswich Town)