Scotland coach Steve Clarke says Sheffield United's Oli McBurnie is "a talented boy" who does not deserve the "bad press" he gets in Scotland.

Clarke points out that McBurnie is playing at "a really high level".

"He scored loads of goals in the English Championship," he pointed out on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound.

"On the back of that, he got a great move and he had a very good season for Sheffield United in the English Premier League."

Clarke does not think the 24-year-old has suffered from the weight of expectation following his transfer from Swansea City.

"£20m is a lot of money, but in the grand scheme of things of what English clubs were spending at the time, it wasn't a lot," he said. "It was just a normal transfer from the English Championship to the Premier League, but the boy deserved his move because he scored a load of goals at Swansea.

"International football is another step up, a different step, and it could be that Oli's going to take a little bit of time to adjust and adapt to it. I look at the qualities he's got - good hold-up play, can link play and bring midfield players into it, not the quickest, but he's a good finisher when he gets in the box and he's very good in the air."