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Sheffield Utd boss Wilder: McBurnie fully committed to Scotland

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has dismissed doubts over Oli McBurnie's commitment to Scotland.

Wilder has reiterated McBurnie's commitment to the Scotland national side after a video appeared on social media allegedly showing him disrespecting the team.

McBurnie, who was called up to Steve Clarke's Scotland squad earlier this week, has been accused of replying with "hope not" when asked if he had been called up, among other comments.

"When you are in dressing rooms for as long as I am you hear a lot of things, some things said seriously, some in jest," he said.

"When you look into it, the banter that goes on between the players, in that corridor there are four Irish lads [among others].

"For me it's nothing, it's been blown out of proportion.

"From my dealings with Oli, he is as proud as can be to be a Scottish fan. I've met his dad and one of the first things that I said to him before coming here was with regards to the national side.

"Hopefully the more good performances he can put in for us in the Premier League will give him a good chance of playing for the national side.

"We've even had individual chats when he was living in Leeds, it was always Rangers and it was always Scotland."

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