Scotland boss Gordon Strachan has announced his latest Scotland squad to face off against Lithuania and Slovakia.
But Strachan, who played for Aberdeen between 1977 amd 1984, has yet again failed to pick a single Dons player for his squad.
The announcement of the squad came as the Press and Journal revealed that Dons boss Derek McInnes had backed stand-in captain Graeme Shinnie to return to the fold for the national side.
Uncapped Shinnie was first included in the Scotland squad last September when he was included for a double-header against Poland and Gibraltar.
He was an unused substitute in the 6-0 victory against Gibraltar, the final match of Scotland’s failed Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, but was overlooked for the summer friendlies against France and Italy as well as this month’s 5-1 victory in Malta in Scotland’s opening World Cup qualifier.
Shinnie, who has been deployed as a defensive midfielder by the Dons in recent weeks, has fallen behind Hull City’s Andy Robertson, Celtic’s Kieran Tierney and Rangers captain Lee Wallace in the competition to play left back in the Scotland team.
The former Caley Thistle player captained the Dons to three successive victories, against Dundee and Rangers in the league as well as a Betfred Cup quarter-final success against St Johnstone.
