McKenna keen to reward Clarke loyalty at World Cup

"I hope that he continues as manager for everything that he's done for me but also for us as a squad and the loyalty he's shown to me," McKenna explained.

"Everyone will be looking at that first game as the one that we probably have the biggest chance to get three points.

"The preparations need to be spot on. We need to be absolutely firing going into that first game. To really get what we want out of the tournament, we need to try and take all three points and a positive performance from that.

"If I'm lucky enough to be on that plane and get some minutes then I'd be absolutely delighted"

Talk of £10m bid 'lost in translation'

McKenna sees similarities between Croatian and Scottish football and is glad to have added his name to a long list of Dinamo Zagreb title winners.

But he played down recent speculation suggesting the club had turned down £10m offers for his services.

"I'm not sure that's true," he said. "That's probably been lost in translation.

"I've had a very good first season and I signed a four-year contract here so I see absolutely no reason why I won't be here for the remainder of that.

"This is a team that's used to winning a lot of titles over the past 20 years so for some players it's been the norm. There's quite a few of us in there where it was the first time. To try and get a double in my first season here would be excellent."