Mark McGhee has become the latest manager to rule himself out of the running for the vacant Scotland job. McGhee, who was rejected in favour of the ousted George Burley for the role in 2007, has described the post as "rotten" and says that every supporter "knows better" when it comes to picking the team.
McGhee was Motherwell manager when he missed out on the chance to replace Alex McLeish and now finds himself at Aberdeen, having made the move north in the summer. Exactly two years on since he was recommended for the post by then Celtic manager Gordon Strachan, the Dons boss insists he has no desire to swap Pittodrie for Hampden.
"Why any of us want to do the job is ridiculous," McGhee told STV. "The honest truth of it is it's a rotten job. It's not a great job, it's really difficult.
"Most of the time you are getting stick and most of the time everyone knows your job better than you do. Therefore it's not a great job, but we all still want to do it."
Capped four times by Scotland in the 80s, McGhee says that he would consider going for the job in the future, but that the time isn't right for him to realise the dreams of taking his country to a major championship that he was denied from fulfiling as a player.
"Two years ago when I was interviewed, when George got the job, I was interested," said McGhee. "I wanted the job. I didn't go to the interview for effect.
"I couldn't take it at that time because I wanted to wait at least until the summer with Motherwell.
"In the future, it's a job I would love the experience of going to a European Championships or a World Cup. When that future will come, I don't know."
McGhee's refusal to consider putting himself forward for the vacancy makes him the third candidate from original fans' wishlists to reject the opportunity. Former Rangers boss Graeme Souness said he wasn't interested on Monday, whilst Burnley manager Owen Coyle refused to consider leaving Turf Moor to return north.
Last updated: 17 November 2009, 22:41
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