West Ham United Winger Robert Snodgrass Retires From Scotland Duty

West Ham United winger Robert Snodgrass has announced his retirement from international football with Scotland

Snodgrass made the announcement on his Instagram page, stating that he is stepping aside to allow the young players to take the stage.

The 32-year-old former Leeds United and Norwich City winger has also thanked the Scotland fans for their support to him throughout his time for the national team.

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to live my childhood dream. It’s been such a special feeling pulling on that Scotland jersey since I was 16 years old. There’s been many highs throughout my international career which I’ll always remember with fondness, including my debut against Northern Ireland, winning 2 international player of the year awards, and my hat-trick in Malta. It’s now the right time for me to step aside though and retire from @scotlandnationalteam and let the boys and younger players take my place and hopefully push the squad forward. I want to especially thank the Tartan Army for their special support you’ve showed me over the years. I will never forget this. A massive thank you also goes to everyone at the SFA for looking after me since I was a young boy, including Frank Reilly, Doc McLean, Jonesy, managers, coaches, staff, the physios, massage therapists, kit men and the media staff I’ve worked with over the years. I will now watch as a fan and I hope to see us play at a major tournament again soon - fingers crossed the boys do it come March! Snods

A post shared by Robert Snodgrass (@snods_10) on Oct 15, 2019 at 1:48am PDT

Scotland Career

Snodgrass made his international duty for Scotland back in 2011 and played 28 times for his country before deciding to retire, scoring seven goals in the process.

The former Hull City winger represented Scotland at the Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels.

The winger played his first senior Scotland game against Northern Ireland in Dublin on February 9, 2011.

Focus On West Ham United

Snodgrass did his best for Scotland, and the 32-year-old will now be focusing fully on his club football career.

The Scotsman is an important player for West Ham, and the London club will hope to see his best now that he has no Scotland commitment.

The winger has played 144 minutes in the Premier League for West Ham so far this season, and made 25 starts and eight substitute appearances in the league for the Hammers during the 2018-19 campaign, scoring two goals and providing five assists in the process.

West Ham will return to action on Saturday afternoon when they take on Everton away from home at Goodison Park in the Premier League.