McCowan has 'technique and mobility' for international football - Rodgers

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers believes Luke McCowan has all the attributes to play for Scotland.

The midfielder joined the Glasgow club in the summer from Dundee and has since scored three goals and contributed a further three assists in just 10 appearances, with seven of those coming as a substitute.

Rodgers has seen enough of McCowan in Celtic colours to suggest he would also be at home in the dark blue of his country.

"Every good player can't play at international level," Rodgers said.

"International level for me is about technique, tactical idea and having a level of speed and mobility that allows you to get around the field.

"So you'll have some really good players, but just maybe aren't quite cut out for that mobility and fast pace at international level.

"Luke has that. If I look at him technically, physically, that was the analysis that we did before bringing him in to see where he was at in terms of his running power, his physicality. So that's there at a really, really high level, we know he can do that.

"Technically, he’s finding the comfort now in the game. Tactically, like I said, he's shown that you see how quickly now he's adapted.

"Him and Paulo Bernardo were brilliant at the weekend in terms of how they linked together. So that tells you he's learning all the concepts and principles of how we play. Like I said, he has personality.

"If you play for Celtic, he's going to be able to play for Scotland for sure."