Euros begin next week there’s only one shirt the Motherwell manager will be digging out - a Scotland one he wishes he could have worn for real at a major tournament.
Alexander can’t wait to revert to being a supporter for a couple of weeks especially when the nation that courses through his veins take on the country of his birth on June 18.
He admits a tinge of jealousy as last season’s star Steelmen Stephen O’Donnell and Declan Gallagher prepare for our first major finals in 23 years.But that won’t stop him roaring them on from his couch.
The 49-year-old just hopes he has completed moving the family home north of the border from Lancashire in time for that Wembley battle with the Auld Enemy.