ANGUS Gunn has claimed that his departure from Norwich City could have been handled better by the Carrow Road hierarchy – but insisted he has recovered from the bitter disappointment of being let go and now has a number of options open to him.
Scotland goalkeeper Gunn wasn’t offered a contract extension by the English Championship outfit, who he joined back in 2021, when the 2024/25 campaign ended last month.
However, the 27-year-old is only concerned with finding a new club and ensuring that he is playing regularly by the time the World Cup qualifiers, which get underway in September with a double header against Denmark and Belarus away, come around.
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“I'm over it,” he said. “It was only something that I felt personally they could have handled better. Ultimately, I think the decision was probably the right one from both sides for me to move on and go somewhere else in my career.
“I think it's always a good opportunity to come away with the national team. Obviously, in my position, I'm really excited for what's to come. It's a good chance for me to get some more caps under my belt and stay fit as well.
“The transfer window has just opened, so that's just started. There are a few conversations happening, but I don't want to rush into anything. First and foremost, I want to come away and focus on this camp first. Then, I think after that, decisions will be made.
“I’m really determined (to get a club and stay in the Scotland team). Obviously, it's definitely a big factor that there's a qualifying campaign coming up for the World Cup in America. That's definitely a big focus for me. It's something that will be in the back of my mind when I make the decision. That's definitely in my thinking.
“There's a lot of factors. Obviously, I'm a bit older now, a bit more experienced and I know the game. I've got a young family as well and I want to look after them. At the same time, I've got aspirations in my career and the World Cup is definitely one of them. To reach that would definitely be the pinnacle.
“There's many different things going through my head. It's such an important decision. That's definitely one of them. Obviously, as a player, I've played in the European Championships now, but I've never played in a World Cup. So, yes, that will be pretty special.”
“It helps Scotland having so many title and trophy winners in the squad,” he said. “In the past, it's probably only been Robbo [Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson] who's come into the squad, having won a trophy outside Scotland. But there's quite a few guys now, obviously Fergie, Scotty and Billy over in Italy.
“They've done amazingly well and it just gives confidence to the rest of the lads that we've got players like that in our squad. Hopefully, we can use that to our advantage and hopefully we can take the nation to another major tournament.
"I'm open to anything. I'm open to going anywhere that I think is a good fit for me. Even before they won trophies and had success over there, I would have said that and nothing's changed in my mind. It's definitely something that I've got in my head.”
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Gunn feels the matches against Iceland at Hampden on Friday night and Liechtenstein away in Vaduz on Monday evening are hugely important for Scotland ahead of their World Cup qualifying campaign.
“I think it helps us having these matches,” he said. “In the last qualifying campaign, we'd done a lot of the work early. So that was something that we can learn from and try and start fast when the first game comes around.
“Obviously, there's other teams in the group that are going to have the same aspirations as us. So it's not always simple. But, like I said if we can start fast in the group and try and get some points on the board, that will be a positive for us.”
