Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has been a roaring success in Scotland.
Michael Stewart has said on BBC Sport’s Facebook page that Scotland’s Football Association should consider ‘breaking the bank’ to hire Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers as a replacement for Gordon Strachan.
Scotland rounded off their World Cup qualification campaign with a 2-2 draw away to Slovenia in a result which ended their hopes of reaching Russia in the summer.
Strachan’s side edged out Slovakia 1-0 last week and another victory last night would have sealed second spot in Group F and put them in the hat for a World Cup playoff spot.
The 60-year-old is now out of contract with the Scottish FA and it remains to be seen whether the country’s governing body sign him up again or turn to some new blood in a bid to help Scotland reach a major tournament for the first time since 1998.
Rodgers has been a revelation since taking the Celtic job in May of 2016.
The Northern Irishman has led Celtic into the Champions League group stages two years in a row and masterminded an unprecedented domestic treble without losing a game last season.
At 44, Rodgers has re-established himself as one of the best young managers around following a difficult end to his time at Liverpool two years ago.
And Stewart has suggested that the Scottish FA should consider the former Swansea City manager if they want qualification to Euro 2020.
“Would we be able to afford, and would Brendan Rodgers even contemplate it?” Stewart said on BBC Sport’s Facebook Live.
“If you were able to break the bank and go and get someone like that, I feel he could get Scotland to qualify for a major tournament.”
It seems unlikely that Rodgers would quit Celtic at the moment and it seems even more unlikely that he would do so for an international side.
He has proved enough in Scotland to ensure that he would be an attractive proposition for a host of Premier League sides in the future.
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