Caroline Weir: Scotland coping with 'transitional stage' ahead of Germany clash

Caroline Weir says the Scotland team is coping with a period of transition as the Scottish FA looks for a permanent successor to former boss Pedro Martinez Losa.

Speaking ahead of the premiere of a film about her journey to becoming a Real Madrid star, Weir says the squad is taking steps in the right direction towards next year’s World Cup qualifying campaign.

“It’s been good,” Weir told STV. “It’s obviously a transitional stage for the squad but that happens in football all the time.

“I think last camp we made really good steps, especially in the performance against the Netherlands when I thought there was a lot of positives to take regardless of the result.

“We’ll just look to build on that in this camp.

“It doesn’t really get much tougher than Germany but I know it’s one that the players are really looking forward to.”

Weir believes she is playing her best football since recovering from a cruciate knee ligament injury that put her out of action for a year. Though she has been back in action for a while, she believes it’s only recently that she has gotten back to her best playing key games for her club.

“This month has been massive for us, beating Barcelona for the first time and playing Champions League quarter-finals, though we didn’t have enough to get through,” Weir said.

“Physically, I’m feeling at my best since I’ve been back. It’s such a difficult injury that you can be physically back but not where you want to be. That takes time and I would say in the last month or so I’ve been feeling better.

“Obviously it’s important coming to Scotland and two massive games against Germany. We’ll hope to prepare properly for them and give it a good go.”

The making of the documentary film gave the 108-times capped Scotland captain a chance to look back on a career that has taken her from her first steps as a player in Dunfermline through time at Hibernian, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City before making the move to Real Madrid in 2022.

The childhood Zinedine Zidane fan said she felt fortunate to have had the chance to follow her dreams.

“When you’re in the season and playing all the time, you don’t really reflect too much on what’s been going on in the last couple of years,” she said.

“Having a documentary like this is giving me a chance to do that.

“I never would have imagined being here today talking about all this. So I’m grateful for that.

“I’m really fortunate as well. I came through at a time when the women’s game was really progressing and it was an option to be a professional footballer so I do definitely count myself as very lucky as well.”