Steve Clarke has lavished praise on Kevin Nisbet after the Hibernian striker received his first Scotland call-up for this month's World Cup qualifiers.
The Cambuslang born striker scored his first goal for Hibs at the weekend since his £3million pound January move to Birmingham City broke down.
Nisbet has been a revelation for Jack Ross' side this season scoring 14 goals in all competitions and Clarke explained why he's been called up for the triple header against Austria, Israel and Faroe Islands.
Speaking to Sky Sports News, Clarke said: "Kevin's shown this year that he's a good goal scorer. I like his movement in the box and the way he finds space in the box.
"He had a missed opportunity, if you like, to go to Birmingham in the January window. He's recovered well from that and I've spoken to his manager who has been pleased with his attitude in training.
"I've watched the last couple of games and I feel Kevin has the bit between his teeth. It's an area where we don't particularly excel at, scoring goals.
The former Trinity High School pupil faced strong competition for a place in Clarke's squad.
Lawrence Shankland and Leigh Griffiths, both included in the last squad, missed out and the Scotland boss explained the importance of adding goals to his squad.
Clarke said: "If you look at the last few games, there aren't too many goals. I should mention that I've the last three goal scorers in the squad in {Ryan} Fraser, {Ryan} Christie and {Lyndon} Dykes.
"Hopefully Kevin can give us something a little bit different as well."
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