Changed My Mind - Can I Get A Game

Lee McCulloch is considering making himself available for selection for the national side now that a new man is in charge of team selection. Midfielder McCulloch left the Scotland scene in the middle of the World Cup qualifying double-header against Macedonia and Iceland in December 2008 to concentrate on his club career. There were also reports he did not want to play under former Scotland manager George Burley. This rumour of a rift between the pair will grow after his change of mind. McCulloch's U-turn is said to be as the result of "a change of regime". The Rangers player, who earned the last of his 15 caps against Italy in November 2007 and never played in a Burley team, now plans to hold talks with new Scotland manager Craig Levein and Ibrox boss Walter Smith.

He said: "I think I need to have a word with the gaffer (Smith) and Craig Levein. The middle of the park is the strongest part of Scotland's team so there are six or seven players that are possibly younger than me that would come into the frame. So I don't want to say that I would come back or not. We will just have to wait and see what happens."

Former Motherwell and Wigan star McCulloch is the latest player to respond to Levein's appointment in a positive manner. The new manager has made it clear Allan McGregor and Kris Boyd will be considered for selection along with former Rangers and Scotland captain Barry Ferguson. Andrew Driver also switched allegiance this week from England to Scotland under the new school rule. But whether McCulloch is welcomed back into the dressing room remains to be seen, with the timing of his retirement announcement criticised by then vice-captain Stephen McManus.