Andy Robertson insists Kenny Dalglish will always be the king of the Scotland national team, even as he prepares to tie the legendary forward's all-time appearance record. 

Scotland will face North Macedonia at Hampden Park in their penultimate match in Nations League Group B1 on Friday, before finishing the group stage in Switzerland on Sunday.

And the first of those matches will see Robertson win his 102nd cap for the Tartan Army, bringing him level with Dalglish at the top of the all-time charts.

Dalglish – nicknamed 'King Kenny' – represented Scotland from 1971 to 1986, scoring a joint-record 30 goals for his country (alongside Denis Law) and featuring at three World Cups.

Only Jim Leighton (nine) has appeared in more World Cup matches for Scotland than Dalglish, who is also one of just four players to net multiple goals at FIFA's flagship tournament for the Tartan Army (two, alongside John Wark, Archie Gemmill and Joe Jordan – the latter scored four goals).

And though Robertson will soon surpass Dalglish outright, he is in no doubt over the identity of Scotland's greatest-ever player. 

"There are normal seats, but there's one throne, and Kenny Dalglish should be sat on it," Robertson told BBC Sport.  

"Friday night's not about me. Friday night is about the greatest player of all time in our country, and for me, that will always be Kenny.

"He's had this record for so long. He deserves it. If he played in a different era, he would probably have played a number of games that wouldn't have been caught.

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"Sometimes – and this is not a criticism – as a country, we're maybe not good at recognising how good the people we've got are. 

"For me, he's the best player to ever play with Scotland, and arguably in Britain.

"We have to appreciate that man because I certainly do, my family certainly do and, I think on Friday, I'll have him at the front of my mind, the back of my mind and I'm not really bothered about myself."

Robertson's 47 wins are already the most by any player in a Scotland shirt.

But Scotland have lost their last two home matches, both in the Nations League. They last suffered three straight defeats on home soil in September 2018, while they have never lost three competitive internationals in a row at home.