DREAM TRIP HAS KERR BUZZING
Saint off to France with young Scots
Saints defender Jason Kerr will be playing for Scotland U21s St Johnstone defender Jason Kerr can’t wait to test himself against some of the world’s best young talents.
The rising Perth star will represent Scotland under-21s at the prestigious Toulon tournament in France, which kicks off later this week.
Kerr and his Scottish team-mates will open their account with a game against Togo before further group games against France and South Korea.
Centre-back Kerr (21) has previous experience of pulling on the national colours having played a European qualifier away in Andorra earlier in the year.
“I’ve been in squads recently and for the Euro qualifiers but it is always great to be selected for Scotland,” Kerr said.
“I have never been to the Toulon tournament but Oli Burke, who was captain before, and my roommate Scott Wright both tell me it is a great event to be part of.
“We are in a tough group along with host nation France, Togo and South Korea.
“So it will be a great experience playing against different styles and types of strikers. You can be sure the French U21 side will be top quality.
“And it would be great to progress to the next stage.
“We have a good squad. It is younger than the Euro qualifiers. We have brought in Billy Gilmour from Chelsea and Ryan Porteous from Hibs. There is a lot of quality in there.”
Kerr reflected on an impressive transition into Saints’ first team this season, having returned from a loan spell at Queen of the South in January.
He moved on to nail down a regular starting spot in Tommy Wright’s team alongside experienced Steven Anderson and captain Joe Shaughnessy.
Playing in the Premiership was always the end goal for Kerr who said: “It has been an up and down season for the club but a great one for me personally.
“I thought we ended the season quite well and there were great results away to Dundee and Motherwell. Hopefully next season is even better.
“The plan was always to go out on loan to gain more experience with Queen of the South for the first half of the season. I played every game there.
“It worked really well. I feel I have cemented my place in the squad.
“I haven’t actually played many games for St Johnstone given how long I have been here but I do have a