GLASGOW – Sharing a Glasgow hotel with pop star Katy Perry hasn't been much of a distraction for Scotland coach Steve Clarke as he prepares his team for two crucial World Cup qualifiers this week.

“I didn’t know she was there,” the 62-year-old coach said, acknowledging that he wasn't very familiar with the the artist whose “Lifetimes Tour” came to Glasgow on Tuesday.

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“I’ve heard the name,” Clarke added. “I’m sure if you played a couple of her songs I’d say, ‘Oh, I recognize that one’, but I couldn’t name you one song, I’m sorry.”

Clarke said he wouldn't have recognized Perry herself either if he'd run into her at the team's hotel.

“That’s no disrespect to Katy, but I’m from a different generation,” the former Chelsea defender said, adding: “And she wouldn’t recog

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