He’s the forgotten Scot of Serie A. Okay, so he wasn’t actually born here. And he sounds more Cockney than Caledonia. But Luis Binks’ dream is to pull on a Dark Blue shirt and join Steve Clarke’s boys on the road to Euro 2024.
Everyone here is aware of our current Italian success stories. Lewis Ferguson is flying at Bologna. Before him, Aaron Hickey was ripping it up there ahead of making a £14million move to Brentford. At Verona, Josh Doig has made an impact in his first season. While Liam Henderson rarely looks fazed up against any of the top sides when he plays for Empoli. They are all household names at home having made their mark at Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs.
But Binks? Far less so. He was born in Gillingham and grew up at Tottenham Hotspur. But as a kid he’d regularly take trips to Dunbar to see his Scottish grandad Richard and his mum’s side of the family.
