Town centre-half Christophe Berra has been named in the Scotland squad for their friendlies against the USA at Hampden Park on Friday 15th November and in Norway on the following Tuesday. It’s the first time the 28-year-old has received a call-up since joining the Blues in the summer.
Edinburgh-born Berra has previously won 27 full Scotland caps, scoring two goals, in addition to appearances at U21 and B levels.
Speaking a month ago Berra said he was hoping to win a recall to Gordon Strachan's squad now he is playing regularly for the Blues, having missed out latterly.
"When I was at Wolves I played 16 or 17 games in a row for Scotland but I wasn’t involved in the squads at Wolves for my last two or three months there so I wasn’t being picked for Scotland," he said.
"If you’re not playing regularly at club level you don’t deserve to be in the squad. Imagine if I wasn’t playing regularly and starting for Scotland. There would be people who were playing every week saying ‘How come he’s playing?’ That’s the way it works.”
He added: "I haven’t given up hope of playing again. I was in the team for Gordon Strachan’s first game, which we won. We kept a clean sheet and I did well but then after that I wasn’t playing for Wolves.
"I’ve been involved in international football since I was about 20 and this is the first time for a long time when I’ve actually had days off instead of being away in a hotel for 10 days, bored out of my nut and missing my family and friends.
"I don’t know if it’s me personally or if I’ve done anything wrong. Maybe he [Strachan] just wants me to play more games for Ipswich. We’ll just have to give it time and wait and see."
If he is involved in either game, Berra will be the first Town player to represent Scotland for exactly 30 years when John Wark played in a 2-1 defeat to East Germany in a European Championships qualifier in November 1983.
Scotland: Scott Fox (Partick Thistle), Matt Gilks (Blackpool), David Marshall (Cardiff City), Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town), Gordon Greer (Brighton and Hove Albion), Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rovers), Alan Hutton (Aston Villa), Russell Martin (Norwich City), Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic), Lee Wallace (Rangers), Steven Whittaker (Norwich City, Charlie Adam (Stoke City), Ikechi Anya (Watford), Barry Bannan (Crystal Palace), Scott Brown (Celtic), Craig Bryson (Derby County), Chris Burke (Birmingham City), James Forrest (Celtic), James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion), James McArthur (Wigan Athletic), Robert Snodgrass (Norwich City), Steven Fletcher (Sunderland), Steven Naismith (Everton), Matt Phillips (Queens Park Rangers), Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers).