Scotland manager Steve Clarke has admitted he is "100 per cent worried" about Billy Gilmour's fitness for the FIFA World Cup 2026 after the Napoli midfielder was forced off in the first half of Saturday's warm-up win over Curacao at Hampden.

Gilmour, 24, collapsed to the ground with no opponent near him, prompting an immediate substitution. Clarke confirmed the midfielder had gone for a scan to determine the extent of the damage, with Scotland's opening World Cup fixture against Haiti in Boston just over two weeks away on June 14.

"One big disappointment is the injury to Billy and we are just waiting on it being assessed and we'll find out how bad it is," Clarke said after the match. "He has gone for a scan so I haven't had a chance to speak to him, but I am 100 per cent worried."

The Scotland boss added that Gilmour had made the call himself to leave the pitch. "He hurt himself in the tackle then made the decision to take himself off — he knew it wasn't right. There's no point speculating, let's wait and see what the medics say. I'm sitting here hoping and praying he's on the plane."

Curtis off the bench, Scotland seal comfortable win

Gilmour's replacement, Findlay Curtis, made an immediate impact on his senior international debut, levelling the score after Scotland had fallen behind to Tahith Chong's early opener for Dick Advocaat's Curacao. A Lawrence Shankland double and a Ryan Christie penalty completed a 4-1 victory to send the squad off to America in winning spirits.

Red card changed the dynamic

Scotland struggled to find their rhythm against Curacao in the opening stages and were trailing 1-0 before Jurgen Locadia was shown a red card seven minutes before half-time, shifting the contest firmly in the hosts' favour.

Clarke, however, was candid about the limitations of the exercise. "The red card obviously changes the whole dynamic of the game and from there, at least, against the 10 we managed to start creating chances and got a few goals," he said. "It is obviously nice to win any international game, but I think it would have been better if it stayed 11 vs 11 and then we'd have been asked more questions about finding the spaces on the pitch — could we create the chances that we created against 10 men against 11? That would have been a better exercise for us."