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‘GRIND IT OUT, LADS’

When John Souttar snapped an Achilles for the third time in August 2020, his goal was simple: to walk properly. A Scotland recall looked like a distant dream for the Hearts centre-back, who was staring at a lengthy, lonely rehabilitation programme he knew all too well.

Souttar didn’t just get his national team nod in November: he marked it by scoring the goal that

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