The Scottish Football Association are expected to announce Adidas as the new kit supplier to the Scotland national football team on Wednesday, prior to the team flying out to Japan for an international friendly.
Rumours going back as far as August linked the sportswear giant with taking over from Diadora UK, who went into liquidation in July this year, as the team's new jersey makers.
SFA chiefs are believed to have secured a five-year, multi-million pound deal with the German-based manufacturer, who also make kits for the national squads of Germany, Spain and Argentina amongst others.
Many fans are clamouring for the company to bring out a retro style jersey, having saw the links of Umbro, Fila and Diadora churn out various incarnations of the dark blue jersey - not all of which have been to fans' tastes.
With qualification matches for the 2012 European Championships not getting underway until September 2010, there will be plenty time for supporters to debate over their preferences for the new home and away jerseys.
It is unknown whether George Burley's team will don Adidas jerseys for Saturday's game in Japan, despite the deal being in the offing for the past few months.
Adidas are the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, founded by Adi Dassler in 1924 in Bavaria, Germany. Dassler's brother Rudi started rival company Puma after the Second World War after a fall-out between the two.
The national side's link-up with another German will hopefully be more successful than their previous attempt, when Berti Vogts presided over a disastrous spell in charge as national team boss from 2002 to 2004.
