Kris Boyd has stated that he does not want to get involved in a war of words with George Burley but he felt the Scotland managers recent comments were “below the belt”. Boyd is unhappy at the statements doubting his lack of commitment to the national cause after he quit the national team after his non-appearance against Norway.
“I think I’ve shown before that I’ve got the passion needed to play for my country so I think that comment was a bit below the belt.”
“It was a decision I took months ago but I kept going and said I would give myself another chance. But it came to a head and I couldn’t take any more,” Boyd added.
“I wanted to go back to my club, I wanted to go and fight to establish myself there and I’ll do that.”
“I’m not going to get into a war of words with anybody. I said what I felt like saying at the time and so has George.
“For me, the best thing is just to get my head down, work hard and get myself in the Rangers team regularly and I can go forward from there.
“When I spoke to SFA, I said I would be available for selection if the next manager, whoever that may be, wants to pick me. That’s all I can say on the matter. If he picks me, he picks me. If he doesn’t, he doesn’t.”
