Wilson 'loving it' amid Hearts goals and Scotland recall

Brian McLauchlin - BBC Sport Scotland Senior ReporterFri, September 18, 2026 at 9:10 AM UTC

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James Wilson is "loving it" after putting a difficult start to the season behind him to win his place back not only in Hearts' starting line-up but also in the Scotland squad.

The 19-year striker, who already has two Scotland caps, was named in new head coach Sebastien Pocognoli's first squad earlier this week having missed out on this summer's World Cup finals.

"It's been a while actually since I was properly in the last one, it was last summer, so I'm looking forward to being back around the group," Wilson said.

He was invited to train with the squad and played in the final warm-up game against Curacao, which came after he finished last season on loan to Tottenham Hotspur's youth team.

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"I'm still young, I'm still learning and I felt it was the biggest benefit for me at the time to go and do that," he said.

Wilson had to be patient to break into the starting line-up under Hearts' new head coach, Wouter Vrancken, but has now scored five goals in his latest seven games.

"It's gone pretty well for me," he added. "In my mind, it didn't start terribly well personally for me because I wasn't playing and I was working hard.

"I was just doing what I needed to do in the gym, on the training pitch and just trying to show that I could be part of the squad.

"I was working hard over the summer, working hard down at Spurs to kind of put myself in the best position now to be where I am."

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