DETERMINED Blackburn Rovers defender Dominic Hyam would be happy to go toe-to-toe with Erling Haaland to prove himself worthy of a place in Scotland's Euro '24 squad!
Hyam, 27, missed out on facing Haaland when he made his senior debut for the Tartan Army as an 89th-minute substitute during June's crucial 2-1 qualifying win in Norway.
The metronomic Manchester City goal machine had exited the action five minutes earlier with the hosts 1-0 up.
And, while Hyam admits he was pleased to see the back of Haaland for the team's sake on that occasion, he would be prepared to pit his wits against last season's 36-goal Premier League top marksman if it gave him an opportunity to audition for a place on the plane for Germany.
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The ex-Coventry centre-back did not make Scotland's squad for this month's internationals when qualification was secured despite a 2-0 loss in Spain.
But, with a place in the finals now in the bag, manager Steve Clarke could decide to run the rule over the likes of Hyam with Scotland due to wrap up their group games against Georgia and Haaland's Norway in less than three weeks' time.
On the prospect of attempting to shackle the scary Scandinavian, Hyam insisted: "I want to play against the best players from all over the world so, if that happens, bring it on.&nbsp;Those are the opportunities you have to take.
"It would have been good to play against him in the first game because he's probably the best striker in the world although, if I'm honest, I wasn't too bothered when I saw him go off!
"It's an unbeliev&nbsp;able achievement for us to qualify, especially to do it so early with two games to spare, and I'm happy to have played my small part.
"I think the emergence of Scottish football has gone under the radar a bit. We've got some top, top players in the Premier League now and I want to be part of this generation.
"All I can control is how I perform for Blackburn hopefully, give the and, manager thing to about." somethink Should Clarke want to assess Hyam's club form, then it might be worth&nbsp;a visit to the club he played more than 300 games for between 1987 and 1998 on Wednesday night when Rovers travel to Chelsea in the last 16 of the Carabao Cup.
Jon Dahl Tomasson's men are eyeing up another Cup run having won at eventual Europa Conference League winners West Ham on their way to reaching the same stage last term and also coming within ten minutes of an FA Cup semi-final after leading 2-1 at Sheffield United before succumbing 3-2.
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Confidence 
Former Premier League winners Leicester had earlier been defeated on their own soil in the latter competition with Hyam keeping the likes of England past-and-present pair Jamie&nbsp;Vardy and Harvey Barnes at bay. And the defender believes the memory of those scalps will inspire Rovers on their trip to Stamford Bridge.
"The manager always wants to have a good cup run," added Hyam. "We did that in both competitions last season and he wants us to do it again this time.
"Those wins will give us the confidence of knowing we have done it before, so we can do it again. We work hard for fixtures like Chelsea away and have won three games to get this tie, so we will be giving it a good go.
"It will be a tough game because they have some unbelievable internationals, but there's nothing to be fearful about.&nbsp;We'll impose ourselves and try to get the win."

HYAM: BRING ON STAR HAALAND!

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