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Stephen Welsh misses out as Ryan Porteous returns to the Scotland squad

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Swansea City centre-back Stephen Welsh has dropped out the Scotland squad for their forthcoming Nations League double-header and been replaced with Los Angeles' Ryan Porteous.

Fears that Welsh had sustained serious knee ligament damage, following a challenge from Ebou Adams during Swansea's 3-1 defeat at Portsmouth on Tuesday, appeared to have eased on Thursday.

A scan showed the 26-year-old had not suffered a significant problem and Swansea hoped he could even play some part of their game at Birmingham City on Saturday.