Lennon believes Scotland should have a Scottish manager
Celtic manager Neil Lennon believes a Scottish manager should be in charge of the Scotland national team.
The Hoops’ intern manager had been linked with the vacant job, following Alex McLeish’s sacking, However, he has shot down speculation, claiming he isn’t interested in the role.
Lennon was however keen to give the Scottish FA some recommendations for the role. As reported by the Evening Times, Lennon said:
International football has never really appealed to me.
My own opinion is that the Scotland manager should be Scottish. I know that may seem an antiquated viewpoint on it.
But it’s the national sport and if I was to manage my country I know how much that would mean to me.
Aberdeen and Kilmarnock fans will not thank me for it but Derek McInnes and Stevie Clarke are two outstanding managers and candidates.
You have Malky Mackay and Scott Gemmill in the SFA as well of course.
Then you have the likes of Alex Neil who has done brilliant wherever he has been, while David Moyes is an outstanding name.
Lennon also claimed that Scotland were wrong to get rid of McLeish so soon, as well as Gordon Strachan before him, continuing:
I think the decision to get rid of Eck was premature.
It looks like it was based on one performance and one result, which is ludicrous.
I also think that, at the time, they shouldn’t have got rid of Gordon. There was progress being made.
There was an identity to the way Scotland played and they were unbeaten in seven or eight qualifying games, which hadn’t happened in quite a while.
There was undoubtedly progress being made and they took it away.