Gordon Strachan’s time as Scotland manager is up.
Despite finishing their qualification campaign strongly, their 2-2 draw in Slovenia last weekend meant that Scotland had fallen short of a place in the play-offs for next summer World Cup.
Since then, Strachan has left his role by mutual consent with the Scottish FA and talk has now turned to who might replace him.
An early front-runner for the job was David Moyes, who left Sunderland in the summer following their relegation from the Premier League last season. Moyes indicated on BBC Radio 5Live on Friday night that he’d be happy to discuss the job with the SFA.
At just about the same time as Moyes’ comments, Chris Sutton, on pundit duty for BT Sport, suggested that Sam Allardyce might be a good fit for the position.
“He would like nothing better, in my opinion, to come north of the border, get Scotland qualified for a major tournament and stick two fingers up at the FA down south.
“Do you know what he is? He’s a firefighter, he’s an organiser. Why not?”
"He would like nothing better…and stick two fingers up at the FA down south!"@chris_sutton73 backs Sam Allardyce for next Scotland boss. pic.twitter.com/8WUlIBlCfw
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 13, 2017
It was announced on Friday afternoon that Malky Mackay is to take interim charge of the Scotland team until a permanent successor to Strachan is appointed.
