Oliver Burke made a laughing part of the fact that his last game for Scotland was written five years ago with the history of the Bundesliga on Sunday.
The 28-year-old, who was once compared to Gareth Bale, was the first Scottish player to achieve a hat trick in German top light.
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The striker claimed the match ball to help Union Berlin scored a Bundesliga thriller with seven goals in Eintracht Frankfurt.
Burke, who only came to the iron from the domestic rival Werder this summer, had no longer achieved in his first four appearances.
However, the Scots opened days after Frankfurt won a historic 5-1 win of the Champions League against Galatasaray.
The 13-cap international in Scotland scored 2-0 to Union Berlin after half an hour before scored two goals in four minutes.
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The European football expert Andy Brassell said in the Trans Euro Express Podcast from Talksport: “Union went there to Eintracht Frankfurt, who looked the best team in the Bundesliga this season, and won 4: 3 in an exciting, crazy game.
“Thanks to this Oliver Burke Hattrick, they were 4: 1 at a point.
And admitted a few delayed goals, which made it 4-3.
“If they had never seen Oliver Burke and had no prejudices about him, they would have looked at it and they thought that this guy is incredible.
“It is a brilliant hat trick, everything on the counterattack.
They forget what incredible pace he has.
“He started in Nottingham Forest as a broad player in his early days.
“And I don’t know if we need a few more games like this, but when do we get to the point where Scotland cannot choose it?”
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Oliver Burkes nomadic career
2014–2016 Nottingham Forest
2015 → Bradford City (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 RB Leipzig
2017–2020 West Bromwich Albion
2019 → Celtic (loan)
2019–2020 → Alavés (loans)
2020–2022 Sheffield United
2022 → Millwall (loan)
2022-2025 Werder Bremen
2023 → Millwall (loan)
2023–2024 → Birmingham City (loan)
2025 – Union Berlin
When was the last time Oliver Burke played for Scotland?
Burke made his Scottish debut in 2016 as an 18-year-old after being called “The Scottish Gareth Bale”.
This year, RB Leipzig paid £ 13 million to sign him as a teenager from Nottingham Forest, and then a record fee for a Scottish player.
The following year Burke moved to West Brom in a deal worth 15 million GBP, with stints around EFL, Celtic and now back in Germany.
His last cap came as a replacement against Israel in 2020, his record was in his 13 appearances for the Tartan Army at just one goal.
But Burke never had the opportunity to rebuild his international reputation, despite the lack of options at Steve Clarkes disposal.
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Oliver Burke cannot get into the Scotland squad
Che Adams, who is involved in Scotland’s squad this month, is without a goal for Turin this season.
Two of his second studies are currently playing in the championship, while the other, Kieron Bowie, only scored four times for Hibernian last season.
No Scottish striker achieved Euro 2024 last year, with Scott Mctominay being the country’s only scorer in Germany.
Danny Kelly, moderator of the Trans Euro Express podcast, added: “It is one of my favorite acquisitions, I go, Oliver Burke cannot come to the squad of Scotland.
“It was five years ago that he played international football. Now I know that he was a wandering nomad of a footballer, but there is talent there.
“I am not sure that Scottish listeners can tell us why it is not suitable, but so much talent does not vibrate around in the squad in Scotland and improve, even though it has been in recent years.”
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Vince Mennie was the first Scotsman to play in the Bundesliga after making his debut for Cologne 42 years ago.
Burke himself scored a goal last season after scoring a double for Werder Bremen last season.
It saw him on Alan McINally’s trick, which brought in a clip for Bayern Munich twice in 1989, but now Burke has the coveted hat trick.
European football expert Andy Brassell explained in the Trans Euro Express podcast from Talksport: “I think he will pursue this.
“I think he will score more goals because you can see the players he came around and they have rebuilt them pretty well.
“I do not think that the Union will qualify for Europe or the like this season. But Ielyas looked at Ilyas who comes to number 10 that has created one of his goals today is a great player, great vision.”