Burns was set to walk

SCOTLAND’S caretaker manager Tommy Burns has revealed he was talked out of quitting by Berti Vogts.

Burns was Vogts’ assistant manager and provided advice and support for the whole of the German’s ill-fated two-and-a-half-year spell in charge of the national team.

His position having been undermined by a 1-1 draw in Moldova last month, Vogts resigned on Monday having negotiated a pay-off deal and left complaining of undue media influence and being spat on by supporters.

Burns, who is also head of youth development at Celtic, was set to walk away with him but was persuaded to stay on by Vogts.

Now he will take charge of the Edinburgh friendly with Sweden later in the month and could even emerge as the man to take on the role full-time.

Burns said: "Berti decided he was going to go so I said ‘Okay, we will go’. He said ‘no, no, you stay here, you can take it forward. You have the big passion for it, you are a Scotsman’. He insisted that I got on with it."