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title: "Sunderland: James Hunter buzzing with Ross Stewart’s Scotland call-up"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/ross-stewart-scotland-call-up-james-hunter/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Will Seager"
section: "Sunderland News"
published: "2022-03-21T17:10:55Z"
modified: "2022-03-21T17:10:55Z"
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# Sunderland: James Hunter buzzing with Ross Stewart’s Scotland call-up

**Sunderland journalist James Hunter has been left buzzing following the latest news involving Black Cats maestro Ross Stewart.**

### The Lowdown: Stewart having a superb season

Since arriving at the Stadium of Light in January 2021, the striker has enjoyed a tremendous start to life at the League One club.

In the English third tier this season, the 25-year-old has [scored a stunning 22 goals in 39 appearances.](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ross-stewart/leistungsdaten/spieler/447995) This makes him the top scorer in the [entire division](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/league-one/torschuetzenliste/wettbewerb/GB3/saison_id/2021), highlighting how much of a bargain his [£300,000 transfer fee](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ross-stewart-completes-sunderland-transfer-23417944) was.

As a result, there have been many calls by the Scottish fans for the striker to receive a call-up for the national team.

### The Latest: Hunter buzzing with Stewart’s call-up

The official [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ScotlandNT/status/1505862435625918467) channel of the Scotland national team announced a fresh update involving a number of changes to Steve Clarke’s squad for the current international break, which saw Stewart receive his first call-up.

Black Cats journalist Hunter was clearly buzzing with the 25-year-old’s inclusion. Quoting the announcement via [Twitter](https://twitter.com/jhunterchron/status/1505870100280356864?s=21), he beamed: *“Excellent news – good to see Ross Stewart get the recognition he deserves.”*

### The Verdict: Great news for Stewart

The call-up will come as fantastic news to the striker, who will be hoping that he can make his national team debut in [Scotland’s upcoming friendly against Poland](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scotland/scotland-squads/scotland-mens-a/fixtures-results/).

However, Sunderland fans will be praying that their star striker comes out of the international break unscathed, as he will surely play a crucial part in the Black Cats’ play-off push going by his goal return so far this season.

Therefore, whilst many Wearsiders may be thrilled for Stewart, some could be watching the Scotland game in angst.

***In other news: [James Copley has reacted to news which has emerged involving Sunderland co-owner Juan Sartori](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-afc-news/monaco-juan-sartori-league-one/)***